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ContrastContrast Con*trast", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Contrasted; p. pr.
& vb. n. Contrasting.] [F. contraster, LL. contrastare to
resist, withstand, fr. L. contra + stare to stand. See
Stand.]
To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or
opposition of qualities.
The joints which divide the sandstone contrast finely
with the divisional planes which separate the basalt
into pillars. --Lyell. Contrast
Contrast Con*trast", v. t.
1. 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.
2. (Fine Arts) 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.
the figures of the groups must not be all on side .
. . but must contrast each other by their several
position. --Dryden.
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Contrasts may
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Mustafa Zadeh album), 2006
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Contrast (play), a 1787 play by
Royall Tyler The
Contrast (novel), an 1832
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Contrasts (disambiguation)...
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Contrastive may
refer to one of
several concepts in linguistics:
Contrast (linguistics)
Contrastive linguistics Contrastive distribution Contrastive analysis...
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Simultaneous Contrasts (French:
Contrastes simultanés) is the
title of a
series of
paintings created by
Sonia Delaunay,
beginning in 1912. The series...
- life of
contrasts: the
autobiography of
Diana Mitford Mosley. New York,
Times Books, 1977 at
Internet Archive Mosley,
Diana A life of
contrasts: the autobiography...
- Jazz
Contrasts is an
album by
American jazz
trumpeter Kenny Dorham,
recorded in 1957 and
released on the
Riverside label. The
AllMusic review by Scott...
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discussed the
structural aspects of
Contrasts in detail.
Szigeti recalled that Bartók had told him that the
start of
Contrasts had
partial inspiration from the...
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Contrast is the
difference in
luminance or
color that
makes an
object (or its
representation in an
image or display)
visible against a
background of different...
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Behavioral contrast refers to a
change in the
strength of one
response that
occurs when the rate of
reward of a
second response, or of the
first response...
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Contrasts is an
album by
American jazz
saxophonist Sam
Rivers recorded in
December 1979 and
released on ECM the
following year. The
quartet features trombonist...
