Look up contrast in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Contrast may refer to: Contrast (vision), the contradiction in form, colour and light between parts...
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Contrast is the difference in luminance or color that makes an object (or its representation in an image or display) visible against a background of different...
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contrast agent (or contrast medium) is a substance used to increase the contrast of structures or fluids within the body in medical imaging. Contrast...
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The contrast ratio (CR) is a property of a display system, defined as the ratio of the luminance of the brightest shade (white) to that of the darkest...
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an author uses contrast when they describe the difference(s) between two or more entities. According to the Oxford Dictionary, contrast is comparing two...
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Behavioral contrast refers to a change in the strength of one response that occurs when the rate of reward of a second response, or of the first response...
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Barrett (born 18 September 1979), better known by the stage name High Contrast, is a Welsh electronic music producer, DJ and record producer. He produces...
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Phase-contrast microscopy (PCM) is an optical microscopy technique that converts phase shifts in light passing through a transparent specimen to brightness...
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In semantics, contrast is a distinction between two or more entities, with regards to their meaning and function Contrast is often overtly marked by markers...
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Iodinated contrast is a form of water-soluble, intravenous radiocontrast agent containing iodine, which enhances the visibility of vascular structures...
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In physics and digital imaging, contrast is a quantifiable property used to describe the difference in appearance between elements within a visual field...
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statistics, particularly in the analysis of variance and linear regression, a contrast is a linear combination of variables (parameters or statistics) whose coefficients...
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Differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy, also known as Nomarski interference contrast (NIC) or Nomarski microscopy, is an optical microscopy...
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Radiocontrast agent (redirect from Contrast dye)
tomography (contrast CT), projectional radiography, and fluoroscopy. Radiocontrast agents are typically iodine, or more rarely barium sulfate. The contrast agents...
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/ / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. Phonemic contrast refers to a minimal phonetic difference, that is, small differences in...
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MRI contrast agents are contrast agents used to improve the visibility of internal body structures in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The most commonly...
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rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. A contrast effect is the enhancement or diminishment, relative to normal, of perception...
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Contrast CT, or contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT), is X-ray computed tomography (CT) using radiocontrast. Radiocontrasts for X-ray CT are generally...
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Optical contrast seekers, or simply contrast seekers, are a type of missile guidance system using a television camera as its primary input. The camera...
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Minimum resolvable contrast (MRC) is a subjective measure of a visible spectrum sensor’s or camera's sensitivity and ability to resolve data. A snapshot...
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Contrast is a puzzle-platform game developed by Compulsion Games for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Nvidia Shield...
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Contrast set learning is a form of association rule learning that seeks to identify meaningful differences between separate groups by reverse-engineering...
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Complementary colors (redirect from Complimentary contrast)
[better source needed] When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite...
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A contrast set is a bounded collection of items, each of which could fill the same slot in a given schema, syntactic structure, or other linguistic environment...
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Contrast bath therapy is a form of treatment where a limb or the entire body is immersed in hot (but not boiling) water followed by the immediate immersion...
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Density contrast is a parameter used in galaxy formation to indicate where there are local enhancements in matter density. Δ = ∂ ϱ ϱ {\displaystyle \Delta...
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Contrastive analysis is the systematic study of a couple of languages with a view to identifying their structural differences and similarities. Historically...
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Contrast resolution is the ability to distinguish between differences in intensity in an image. Image contrast can be expressed mathematically as: C =...
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In acoustics, the acoustic contrast factor is a number that describes the relationship between the densities and the sound velocities of two media, or...
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Contrast fabric is a sewing term that refers to a fabric piece or embellishment made from a different fabric than the main fabric. The term 'contrast...
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