orange peel

plural orange peels

1. countableliterallyuncountableusuallyThe skin of an orange, including the pith.
2. uncountableusuallyAn uneven surface resembling orange peel, especially cellulite or an imperfect finish on a spray-painted object such as a car.
   1. uncountableusuallybusinessA surface defect in which sheet metal has a rough texture, similar to an orange peel, due to the metal grains being relatively large.

      1 more example

      Grain-size numbers of 5 and lower can create a visual surface problem called orange peel. Remember that the grain boundaries are stronger than the grain interior. When the steel is stretched to large strain levels, the grain boundaries resist deformation and allow the core of the grain to deform (Fig. 1). This obviously is not acceptable for a Class A surface, so some companies will specify a grain-size number of 6 or finer on their purchase orders.

      2011 February 1, Stuart Keeler, “Why Sheetmetal Grain Size is Important”, in MetalForming Magazine, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2022

3. uncountableusuallyA color between orange and amber, like that of an orange peel.
4. uncountableusuallybiologyA common name of a species of Clematis indigenous to eastern Eurasia, Clematis orientalis.

   Orange Peel is the finest cultivar with good-sized open lantern flowers of great substance with their characteristic thick waxy petals.

   1983, Gray-Wilson, Christopher & Matthews, Victoria, Gardening with Climbers, Collins, page 78