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Contrast is the dissimilarity or difference between things:

  • Contrast (linguistics)
    Contrast (linguistics)

    In linguistics and semantics contrast is a relationship between two discourse segments. Contrast is often overtly marked by contrastive markers like but or however, such as in the following examples:...
    , expressing distinctions between words
  • Contrast (vision)
    Contrast (vision)

    Contrast is the difference in visual properties that makes an object distinguishable from other objects and the background. In visual perception of the real world, contrast is determined by the difference in the color and brightness of the object and other objects within the same field of view....
    , the difference in color and light between parts of an image.
  • Contrast (statistics)
    Contrast (statistics)

    In statistics, particularly analysis of variance, a contrast is a linear combination of two or more factor level means whose coefficients add up to zero....
  • Contrast medium
    Contrast medium

    A medical contrast medium is a substance used to enhance the contrast of structures or fluids within the body in medical imaging. It is commonly used to enhance the visibility of blood vessels and the gastrointestinal tract....
     used to distinguish structures or fluids within a body, often shortened to just "contrast"
  • Contrast ratio
    Contrast ratio

    The contrast ratio is a measure of a display system, defined as the ratio of the luminance of the brightest color to that of the darkest color that the system is capable of producing....
    , a measure of a display system
  • Display contrast
    Display contrast

    Contrast in visual perception is the difference in appearance of two or more parts of a field seen simultaneously or successively .Contrast in physics is a quantity intended to correlate with the perceived brightness contrast, usually defined by one of a number of formulae which involve e.g....
    , of electronic visual displays