contrast | (noun) the act of distinguishing by comparing differences | - |
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(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) | - |
(noun) the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors | - |
(noun) a conceptual separation or distinction | Synonyms: demarcation, dividing line, line |
(noun) the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared | Synonyms: direct contrast |
(verb) put in opposition to show or emphasize differences | - |
(verb) to show differences when compared; be different | Synonyms: counterpoint |
contrasting | (adjective) strikingly different; tending to contrast | Synonyms: contrastive |
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contrastingly | (adverb) in a contrasting manner | - |
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contrastive | (adjective) of words so related that one contrasts with the other | Synonyms: incompatible |
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(adjective) strikingly different; tending to contrast | Synonyms: contrasting |
(adjective) syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence | - |
contrasty | (adjective) having sharp differences between black and white | - |
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extrasensory | (adjective) seemingly outside normal sensory channels | Synonyms: paranormal |
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extrasystole | (noun) a premature systole resulting in a momentary cardiac arrhythmia | - |
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extrasystolic | (adjective) of or relating to or happening during an extrasystole | - |
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intrasentential | (adjective) of or relating to constituents within a sentence | - |
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intraspecies | (adjective) arising or occurring within a species; involving the members of one species | Synonyms: intraspecific |
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intraspecific | (adjective) arising or occurring within a species; involving the members of one species | Synonyms: intraspecies |
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intrastate | (adjective) relating to or existing within the boundaries of a state | - |
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tetrasaccharide | (noun) any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield four monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis | - |
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tetraskele | (noun) a figure consisting of four stylized human arms or legs (or bent lines) radiating from a center | Synonyms: tetraskelion |
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tetraskelion | (noun) a figure consisting of four stylized human arms or legs (or bent lines) radiating from a center | Synonyms: tetraskele |
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tetrasporangium | (noun) a sporangium containing four asexual spores | - |
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tetraspore | (noun) one of the four asexual spores produced within a sporangium | - |
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trash | (noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, crank, deoxyephedrine, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu |
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(noun) nonsensical talk or writing | Synonyms: applesauce, codswallop, folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, wish-wash |
(noun) worthless people | Synonyms: scum |
(noun) worthless material that is to be disposed of | Synonyms: rubbish, scrap |
(verb) express a totally negative opinion of | Synonyms: pan, tear apart |
(verb) dispose of (something useless or old) | Synonyms: junk, scrap |
trashiness | (noun) the quality of being cheaply imitative of something better | Synonyms: shoddiness |
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trashy | (adjective) tastelessly showy | Synonyms: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry |
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(adjective) cheap and inferior; of no value | Synonyms: rubbishy |
ultrasonic | (adjective) having frequencies above those of audible sound | Synonyms: supersonic |
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ultrasonically | (adverb) by ultrasonic means | - |
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ultrasonography | (noun) using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs | Synonyms: echography, sonography, ultrasound |
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ultrasound | (noun) using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs | Synonyms: echography, sonography, ultrasonography |
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(noun) very high frequency sound; used in ultrasonography | - |