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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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| Understandably, polygraph enterprises cautiously resist change so contrastingly instead of constructing a new polygraph unit, we offer a technique virtually up for grabs for "existing standard issue polygraphs". Contrastingly, eAccess has a very healthy balance sheet, with expected profits for this year up again on sales over around 600 oku yen. Contrastingly, his more banal secrets occasioned ballistic damage control upon exposure: When Luc Ladmiral, Romand's best friend since medical school, demanded that Romand reveal to Florence his affair with Corinne, Romand tragically declared that he had lymphoma. |
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