Look up: Blanking

1. blanking
   process of making a channel non-effective for a desired interval Category: News-systems and communications • cutting off the electron beam in a writing tube Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • the suppression of the picture signal from a short time before,until a short time after,the synchronising pulse Category: Electrical engineering and …
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2. Blanking
   Shading a chart during a projection
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3. Blanking
   In raster scan equipment an image is built up by scanning an electron beam from left to right across a screen to produce a visible trace of one scan line, reducing the brightness of the beam to zero (`horizontal blanking`) moving it back as fast as possible to the left of the screen at a slightly lower position (the next scan line), restoring the brightness, and continuing until all the lines have been displayed and the beam is at the bottom righ...
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4. Blanking
   • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blank
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5. blanking
   the suppression of the signals conveying picture information during certain parts of the scanning period, for example, during fly-back
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