Definizione monolingua

contrast

contrast (third-person singular simple present contrasts, present participle contrasting, simple past and past participle contrasted)

1. (transitive) To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between.
2. (intransitive) To form a contrast.

   Foreground and background strongly contrast.

contrast (countable and uncountable; plural contrasts)

1. (countable) A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.
2. (uncountable) The degree of this difference.

   The red and the orange dont have much contrast between them — I can hardly tell them apart.

3. (countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.

   Israel is a country of many contrasts.

4. (countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
5. (countable, uncountable, rhetoric) Antithesis.

Definizione dizionario contrast

	contrasto
	The degree of difference between light and dark extremes of color on a monitor, device screen, or printed output, or between the darkest and lightest areas in a photo. The greater the difference, the higher the contrast.

	contrapposizione
	Il porsi in una condizione di antitesi o confronto con qualcosa.

	contrastare
	To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between.

	contrapporsi
	Essere in contrasto.

antagonismo

confrontare

Altri significati:

control on a television, etc

degree of this difference

difference between two objects, people or concepts

(uncountable) The degree of this difference.

(countable) A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.

set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between

(countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.

(transitive) To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between.

(countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.

(countable, uncountable, rhetoric) Antithesis.

difference that makes colours more or less distinguishable

(intransitive) To form a contrast.