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contrastThe white level of a display screen. The contrast adjusts how bright the white is. See brightness and contrast ratio. contrast 1. (in painting) the effect of the juxtaposition of different colours, tones, etc. 2. a. (of a photographic emulsion) the degree of density measured against exposure used b. the extent to which adjacent areas of an optical image, esp on a television screen or in a photographic negative or print, differ in brightness 3. Psychol the phenomenon that when two different but related stimuli are presented close together in space and/or time they are perceived as being more different than they really are contrast [′kän‚trast] (communications) The degree of difference in tone between the lightest and darkest areas in a television or facsimile picture. (computer science) In optical character recognition, the difference in color, reflectance, or shading between two areas of a surface, for example,a character and its background. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The jeweller knows that the finest brilliant requires a foil; and the painter, by the contrast of his figures, often acquires great applause. Round the central figure in the narrative other characters will be found grouped, in sharp contrast -- contrast, for the most part, in which I have endeavored to make the element of humor mainly predominant. SOME Holy Missionaries in China having been deprived of life by the Bigoted Heathens, the Christian Press made a note of it, and was greatly pained to point out the contrast between the Bigoted Heathens and the law-abiding countrymen of the Holy Missionaries who had wickedly been sent to eternal bliss. |
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