Etymology: [ k&n-trast, kän-" ] (verb.) 1695. From French contraster, from Italian contrastare (“to resist", "to withstand”), from Vulgar Latin, from Latin contra (“against”) + stare (“to stand”)
A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed, The degree of this difference, A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable, To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between, A difference between two objects, people or concepts, To form a contrast, to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities, (1) The general term for describing the tone separation in a print in relation to a given difference in the light-and shade of the negative or subject from which it was made Thus, contrast is the general term for the property called "gamma" (Y), which is measured by making an H & D Curve for the proces under study (2) The range of tones in a photographic negative or positive expressed as the ratio of the extreme opacities or transparencies or as the difference between the extreme densities This range is more properly described as "scale" or "latitude" (3) The ability of a photographic material, developer, or process as a whole to differentiate among small graduations in the tones of the subject, put in opposition to show or emphasize differences; "The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student", which by such juxtaposition more vividly express each other's peculiarities, The tonal gradation between the highlights, midtones, and shadows in an image, the act of distinguishing by comparing differences 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) the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared; "in contrast to", "by contrast", The difference in light output between the areas of a display that are illuminated and non-illuminated, The opposition of varied forms, colors, etc, A comparison between the lightest and darkest part of an image Low contrast indicates a very gray image, while high contrast represents highly defined differences between light and dark, compare; be different in comparison with something else, The spread between the lightest and darkest areas of an image, The difference between the light and dark parts of a scene or photograph, To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities, 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 with the past, Opposition or dissimilitude of things or qualities; unlikeness, esp, The act of contrasting, or the state of being contrasted; comparison by contrariety of qualities, To give greater effect to, as to a figure or other object, by putting it in some relation of opposition to another figure or object, Deliberately single out and emphasise the differences and dissimilarities between two or more things, as shown by juxtaposition or comparison, The degree of tones in an image ranging from highlight to shadow, the act of distinguishing by comparing differences, the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared; "in contrast to", "by contrast", a conceptual separation or demarcation; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity", the degree of distinction between the darkest and lightest parts of an image, to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities", 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), Contrast is the degree of difference between the darker and lighter parts of a photograph, television picture, or painting, If one thing contrasts with another, it is very different from it. Johnson's easy charm contrasted sharply with the prickliness of his boss Paint the wall in a contrasting colour, A contrast is a great difference between two or more things which is clear when you compare them. the contrast between town and country The two visitors provided a startling contrast in appearance Silk was used with wool for contrast, act of contrasting; state of unlikeness; opposition, variance; sharpness, difference between dark and light pixels (Computers), You say by contrast or in contrast, or in contrast to something, to show that you are mentioning a very different situation from the one you have just mentioned. The private sector, by contrast, has plenty of money to spend In contrast, the lives of girls in well-to-do families were often very sheltered In contrast to similar services in France and Germany, Intercity rolling stock is very rarely idle, If one thing is in contrast to another, it is very different from it. His public statements have always been in marked contrast to those of his son, If you contrast one thing with another, you point out or consider the differences between those things. She contrasted the situation then with the present crisis In this section we contrast four possible broad approaches, If one thing is a contrast to another, it is very different from it. The boy's room is a complete contrast to the guest room. a country of great contrasts, The difference between the brightest and darkest parts of the picture, the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors, The degree of difference in the thickness of strokes in a font, especially on a curved stroke Sans serif fonts typically have little or no contrast, serif and cursive fonts usually have higher contrast See also axis and transition, The degree of difference between a subject's tones, which is a function of its inherent shades and colors and also the quality of light, 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, the difference in brightness between the lightest and darkest tones in an image When "poor contrast" is referenced, the difference between the lighest and darkest tones between two images (ie , a background color and a font color that sits on top of the background color) is poor, thereby making the text hard to read when viewed on-screen, the difference between the highlights, midtones, and shadows of an image, an obvious difference between two things (e g light and dark), The difference in brightness between the lightest and darkest parts of a photographic subject, negative, print 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 used, In lighting, contrast is defined as the difference between the foreground luminance and the background luminance, divided by the background luminance Contrast is what the human eye relies on to see object detail, and is the most important quantity to reproduce faithfully in any rendering algorithm, The difference between light and dark in an image More contrast equals more difference between light and dark component, The amount of difference between the lightest and the darkest areas in a photo or artwork, The difference between highlights and shadows in a photographic image The larger the difference in density the greater the contrast, The difference in signal intensity of two tissues in an image [Chapter 8], The difference in reflectance between the black and white (or bar and space) areas of a symbol, Relative difference in light coming from a target compared to the surrounding background, usually the horizon sky Any difference in the optical quality of two adjacent images, (synonym: conflict, opposition, tension) occurs when there is a visual difference between things or qualities being compared; degrees of dynamic imbalance between elements of a composition which draw the eye and demand resolution (dominance) to establish unity and overall balance in the design as a whole, Present participle of contrast, Set in opposition to, showing the differences between. From contrast, past of contrast, two or more things that are contrasting are different from each other, especially in a way that is interesting or attractive, opposing, contrary, in a differing manner, strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors", strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors, third-person singular of contrast,
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A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed
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The degree of this difference - "The red and the orange don't have much contrast between them — I can hardly tell them apart."
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A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable
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To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between
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A difference between two objects, people or concepts - "Israel is a country of many contrasts."
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To form a contrast - "Foreground and background strongly contrast."
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to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities
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(1) The general term for describing the tone separation in a print in relation to a given difference in the light-and shade of the negative or subject from which it was made Thus, contrast is the general term for the property called "gamma" (Y), which is measured by making an H & D Curve for the proces under study (2) The range of tones in a photographic negative or positive expressed as the ratio of the extreme opacities or transparencies or as the difference between the extreme densities This range is more properly described as "scale" or "latitude" (3) The ability of a photographic material, developer, or process as a whole to differentiate among small graduations in the tones of the subject
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put in opposition to show or emphasize differences; "The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student"
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which by such juxtaposition more vividly express each other's peculiarities
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The tonal gradation between the highlights, midtones, and shadows in an image
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the act of distinguishing by comparing differences 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) the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared; "in contrast to", "by contrast"
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The difference in light output between the areas of a display that are illuminated and non-illuminated
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The opposition of varied forms, colors, etc
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A comparison between the lightest and darkest part of an image Low contrast indicates a very gray image, while high contrast represents highly defined differences between light and dark
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compare; be different in comparison with something else fiil
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The spread between the lightest and darkest areas of an image
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The difference between the light and dark parts of a scene or photograph
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To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities
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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 with the past
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Opposition or dissimilitude of things or qualities; unlikeness, esp
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The act of contrasting, or the state of being contrasted; comparison by contrariety of qualities
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To give greater effect to, as to a figure or other object, by putting it in some relation of opposition to another figure or object
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Deliberately single out and emphasise the differences and dissimilarities between two or more things
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as shown by juxtaposition or comparison
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The degree of tones in an image ranging from highlight to shadow
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the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
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the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared; "in contrast to", "by contrast"
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a conceptual separation or demarcation; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"
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the degree of distinction between the darkest and lightest parts of an image
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to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"
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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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Contrast is the degree of difference between the darker and lighter parts of a photograph, television picture, or painting
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If one thing contrasts with another, it is very different from it. Johnson's easy charm contrasted sharply with the prickliness of his boss Paint the wall in a contrasting colour
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A contrast is a great difference between two or more things which is clear when you compare them. the contrast between town and country The two visitors provided a startling contrast in appearance Silk was used with wool for contrast
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act of contrasting; state of unlikeness; opposition, variance; sharpness, difference between dark and light pixels (Computers) isim
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You say by contrast or in contrast, or in contrast to something, to show that you are mentioning a very different situation from the one you have just mentioned. The private sector, by contrast, has plenty of money to spend In contrast, the lives of girls in well-to-do families were often very sheltered In contrast to similar services in France and Germany, Intercity rolling stock is very rarely idle
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If one thing is in contrast to another, it is very different from it. His public statements have always been in marked contrast to those of his son
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If you contrast one thing with another, you point out or consider the differences between those things. She contrasted the situation then with the present crisis In this section we contrast four possible broad approaches
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If one thing is a contrast to another, it is very different from it. The boy's room is a complete contrast to the guest room. a country of great contrasts
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The difference between the brightest and darkest parts of the picture
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the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors
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The degree of difference in the thickness of strokes in a font, especially on a curved stroke Sans serif fonts typically have little or no contrast, serif and cursive fonts usually have higher contrast See also axis and transition
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The degree of difference between a subject's tones, which is a function of its inherent shades and colors and also the quality of light
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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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the difference in brightness between the lightest and darkest tones in an image When "poor contrast" is referenced, the difference between the lighest and darkest tones between two images (ie , a background color and a font color that sits on top of the background color) is poor, thereby making the text hard to read when viewed on-screen
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the difference between the highlights, midtones, and shadows of an image
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an obvious difference between two things (e g light and dark)
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The difference in brightness between the lightest and darkest parts of a photographic subject, negative, print 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 used
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In lighting, contrast is defined as the difference between the foreground luminance and the background luminance, divided by the background luminance Contrast is what the human eye relies on to see object detail, and is the most important quantity to reproduce faithfully in any rendering algorithm
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The difference between light and dark in an image More contrast equals more difference between light and dark component
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The amount of difference between the lightest and the darkest areas in a photo or artwork
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The difference between highlights and shadows in a photographic image The larger the difference in density the greater the contrast
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The difference in signal intensity of two tissues in an image [Chapter 8]
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The difference in reflectance between the black and white (or bar and space) areas of a symbol
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Relative difference in light coming from a target compared to the surrounding background, usually the horizon sky Any difference in the optical quality of two adjacent images
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(synonym: conflict, opposition, tension) occurs when there is a visual difference between things or qualities being compared; degrees of dynamic imbalance between elements of a composition which draw the eye and demand resolution (dominance) to establish unity and overall balance in the design as a whole
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Present participle of contrast
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Set in opposition to, showing the differences between. From contrast - "George W. Bush and John Kerry had contrasting debating styles."
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contrasted
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contrasting
two or more things that are contrasting are different from each other, especially in a way that is interesting or attractive
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contrasting
opposing, contrary, in a differing manner sıfat
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contrasting
strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors"
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strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors
Some etymologies, pronunciations, function and usage date content for the English translation portion are from Merriam-Webster Online at www.Merriam-Webster.com. Thanks to Online Yunanca Dil Eğitimi for providing some parts of online greek dictionary. To contribute more resources please contact us. Visuals(images) are provided by Google Image Search API. Some parts of the dictionary is contributed by many users, thank you! The content on this site is for informational purposes only. Bu aramada contrast kelimesinin sözlük anlamı ve eşanlamı nedir, nasıl okunur hakkında bilgi verilmektedir. contrast kelimesinin etimolojik ve eşanlamları ile ilgili açıklamalar ve bilgiler eksiksiz ve hatasız olarak anılmamalıdır. Burada yer alan contrast kelimesi ile ilgili tüm açıklamalar bilgi amaçlıdır. Eksik ve hatalı çevirileri lütfen bildiriniz.
