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1. Contrast
   [statistics] In statistics, particularly analysis of variance, a contrast is a linear combination of two or more factor level means (averages) whose coefficients add up to zero. A simple contrast is the difference between two means. A contrast may be any of: the set of coefficients used to s...
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2. Contrast
   [linguistics] In semantics, contrast is a relationship between two discourse segments. Contrast is often overtly marked by markers such as but or however, such as in the following examples: In the first clause, It`s raining implies that the speaker knows the weather situation and so will pre...
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3. Contrast
   [music] In music and musical form, procedures of contrast include stratification, juxtaposition, and interpolation. Procedures of connection include gradation, amalgamation, and dissolution. Contrast is also when you compare two different instrument sounds to each other. It can also be the difference between parts. ...
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4. Contrast
   [vision] Contrast is the difference in luminance and/or colour that makes an object (or its representation in an image or display) distinguishable. In visual perception of the real world, contrast is determined by the difference in the colour and brightness of the object and other objects wi...
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5. Contrast
   The tonal change in color from light to dark.
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6. Contrast
   A common term used in reference to the video picture dynamic range, i.e., the difference between the darkest and the brightest parts of an image.
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7. Contrast
   A subjective judgment of the difference in brightness and density between shadow and highlight areas in an image. Contrast is affected by lighting, lens flare, film type, degree of development, enlarger type and quality of printing.
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8. contrast
   A subjective feeling that graphic elements (such as fonts) are different but work together well. This gives a feeling of variety without losing harmony. Within a particular font, contrast also refers to the variety of stroke thicknesses that make up the characters. Helvetica has low contrast and Bodoni has high contrast.
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9. contrast
   [n] - the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared 2. [n] - the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors 3. [n] - (photography) the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a t...
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10. contrast
    Relationship between tones on negative or print. The range of grey tones produced between black and white.
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11. Contrast
    The degree of density difference between tones in an image or the ratio between the maximum and minimum brightness values. A high contrast image will have deep or intense blacks and detailed or spectral whites which may or may not include a full range of middle value tones. A low contrast image is g...
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12. Contrast
    To adjust viewing on your monitor
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13. Contrast
    The difference in reflectance between the black and white (or bar and space) areas of a symbol
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14. Contrast
    The degree of tones in an image ranging from highlight to shadow.
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15. Contrast
    The degree of difference between light and dark areas in an image. Extreme lights and darks give an image high contrast. An image with a wide tonal range has lover contrast.
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16. Contrast
    Contrast: Short for 'contrast media.' Contrast media are X-ray dyes used to provide contrast, for example, between blood vessels and other tissue.
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17. contrast
    a contrast among the parameters in analysis of variance,or among the treatment and interaction effects in an experiment,is a linear function of these quantities with known constant coefficients which sum to zero Category: Mathematics • the ratio of two luminance levels in a scene or repr...
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18. Contrast
    The difference in brightness between the lightest and darkest parts of a photographic subjects, negative, prints or slide. Contrast is affected by the subject brightness, lighting, film type degree of development, the grade and surface of the printing paper, and the type of enlarger head used. The r...
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19. Contrast
    Indicates the difference between the darkest black and the brightest white. The higher the contrast ratio, the darker the black value on the projection screen. There are two different measuring methods: Full on/off: In a dark room the brightness of the projection screen is measured at full white and...
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20. Contrast
    Con·trast' intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Contrasted ; present participle & verbal noun Contrasting .] [ French contraster , Late Latin contrastare to resis...
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21. Contrast
    Con·trast' transitive verb 1. To set in opposition, or over against, in order to show the differences between, or the comparative excellences and defects of; to compare by difference or contrariety of qualities; as, to contrast the present...
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22. Contrast
    Con'trast (kŏn'trȧst) noun [ French contraste : confer Italian contrasto .] 1. The act of contrasting, or the state of being contrasted; comparison by contrariety of qualities. « place the prospect of the soul In...
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23. contrast
    A dye injected intravenously during X-ray studies, for example CT, to enhance the image of a tumour. In MR studies, the contrast is called gadolinium. The use of contrast may rarely result in some adverse effects: it also increases the cost (but also accuracy in many cases) of the scan. ... (16 Dec 1997) ...
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24. contrast
    noun the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
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25. contrast
    noun the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)
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