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51contrast — 01. Can you [contrast] the lifestyle of your country with that of this country? 02. The [contrast] between life in the city, and life in the countryside is quite remarkable in her country. 03. The geography of northern Russia [contrasts] greatly… …
52Contrast (literary) — In literature, an author writes contrast when he or she describes the difference(s) between two or more entities. For example, in the first four lines of William Shakespeare s Sonnet 130, Shakespeare contrasts a mistress to the sun, coral, snow,… …
53Contrast threshold — A Contrast Threshold is the minimal amount of contrast, or difference between two shades of objects, needed in order to detect a pattern. Contrast threshold is measured by the number of photons a light stripe reflects in comparison to the number… …
54contrast medium — Med. a radiopaque substance injected into a part of the body, as the stomach or duodenum, to provide a contrasting background for the tissues in an x ray or fluoroscopic examination. [1950 55] * * * Substance comparatively opaque to X rays, which …
55Contrast transfer function — Typical contrast transfer function observed from an electron micrograph The contrast transfer function is a type of optical transfer function that affects images collected in an transmission electron microscope. The contrast transfer function… …
56contrast — I. verb Etymology: French contraster, from Middle French, to oppose, resist, alteration of contrester, from Vulgar Latin *contrastare, from Latin contra + stare to stand more at stand Date: 1646 transitive verb to set off in contrast ; compare or …
57Contrast — Short for contrast media. Contrast media are X ray dyes used to provide contrast, for example, between blood vessels and other tissue. * * * 1. A comparison in which differences are demonstrated or enhanced. 2. In radiology, the difference… …
58contrast — A large difference between two things; for example, hot and cold, green and red, light and shadow. Closely related to emphasis, a principle of design, this term refers to a way of combining elements of art to stress the differences between… …
59Contrast shower — A Contrast shower is a form of hydrotherapy using water in a shower, alternating the temperatures between hot and cold. Contrast hydrotherapy techniques improve the blood circulation, promoting the removal of metabolites and increasing the flow… …
60Contrast EP — Infobox Album Name = Contrast EP Type = EP Artist = The Features Released = October 25, 2006 Recorded = At Quad Studios and the LBT in Nashville, Tennessee Genre = pop, rock, indie Length = 15:34 Label = Producer = Jacquire King Reviews = Last… …
