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The Contrast (play) — The Contrast , written in 1787 by Royall Tyler, is an American play in the tradition of the English Restoration comedies of the seventeenth century; it takes its cue from Sheridan s The School for Scandal , a British comedy of manners that had… … Wikipedia
The Contrast (band) — Infobox musical artist Name = The Contrast Background = group or band Origin = UK Genre = Power pop, Rock, Garage Rock Years active = 1999 ndash;present Label = Rainbow Quartz, Wicked Cool Current members = David Reid Richard Angus Mackman Thorin … Wikipedia
Contrast ratio — The contrast ratio is a property of a display system, defined as the ratio of the luminance of the brightest color (white) to that of the darkest color (black) that the system is capable of producing. A high contrast ratio is a desired aspect of… … Wikipedia
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound — (CEUS) is the application of ultrasound contrast medium to traditional medical sonography. Ultrasound contrast agents rely on the different ways in which sound waves are reflected from interfaces between substances. This may be the surface of a… … Wikipedia
Contrast-induced nephropathy — Classification and external resources ICD 10 N99.0 ICD 9 586 Co … Wikipedia
Contrast resolution — is the ability to distinguish between differences in intensity in an image.[1] The measure is used in medical imaging to quantify the quality of acquired images. It is a difficult quantity to define, because it depends on the human observer as… … Wikipedia
contrast medium — n a substance (as a solution of iodine or suspension of barium sulfate) comparatively opaque to X rays that is introduced into the body (as by injection or swallowing) to contrast an internal part (as the gastrointestinal tract, kidneys, or blood … Medical dictionary
Contrast — may refer to: Contrast (vision), the difference in color and light between parts of an image Contrast (linguistics), expressing distinctions between words Contrast (statistics), a combination of averages whose coefficients add up to zero, or the… … Wikipedia
contrast medium — contrast agent a substance administered to enhance the visibility of structures (i.e. increase the contrast) during imaging. In radiography a positive contrast agent (e.g. barium sulphate or a water soluble iodine containing compound) increases… … The new mediacal dictionary
Contrast theory of meaning — The Contrast theory of meaning states that any meaningful term must have a possible example and a possible counterexample. Ernest Gellner in Words and Things, p. 40: terms derive their meaning from the fact that there are or could be things… … Wikipedia
