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chyron

Syllables: chy·ronUK/ˈkaɪɹɒn//ˈkaɪɹɑn/

chyron noun: a set of graphics or words at the bottom of a television screen, sometimes unrelated to the current viewing content. Also the alternative spelling of ciron.

chyron: a set of graphics or words at the bottom of a television screen, sometimes unrelated to the current...
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Noun

chyron (plural chyrons)

  1. (US) A set of graphics or words at the bottom of a television screen, sometimes unrelated to the current viewing content.
    • Chyrons (electronically enlarged words or numbers superimposed on the screen) might be used to illustrate and compare budget figures or to emphasize a quote.1982, Judy Woodruff, Kathleen Maxa, “This is Judy Woodruff at the White House”, Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 63
    • Chyron recognition: A celebrity who needs no electronically inserted title or caption (a chyron) to identify him or her on television, especially news programs or interview shows.1999, Rodger W[illiam] Claire, Entertainment 101: An Industry Primer, Beverly Hills, Calif.: Pomegranate Press, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    lower third, aston

Verb

chyron (third-person singular simple present chyrons, present participle chyroning, simple past and past participle chyroned)

  1. (US, transitive) To display (material) on screen by this technology.

Also used as

chyron is also the alternative spelling of ciron.

Examples of chyron in a sentence

  • The ABC broadcast also began to use Chyrons, which "generated brightly colored maps, charts, graphs, and illustrations and imposed text over pictures.2004, James T. Hamilton, All the News That's Fit to Sell: How the Market Transforms Information into News, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton...
  • Creating broadcast-quality video titles required a specialized piece of expensive equipment called a Chyron generator and a highly skilled Chyron operator to run it.2006, Ian David Aronson, DV Filmmaking: From Start to Finish, Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 168:
  • A slash (/) indicates a line break in a Chyron message in a script.2015, Charles Marsh, David W. Guth, Bonnie Poovey Short, “Broadcast/Podcast Writing”, in Strategic Writing: Multimedia Writing for Public...
  • Below her a chyron reads: Chandice, Admits she eats her Kleenex.2016, Michael Grothaus, Epiphany Jones, [London]: Orenda Books, →ISBN:

Synonyms of chyron

Forms of chyron

Noun
pluralchyrons
Verb
third-person singular presentchyrons
present participlechyroning
past participlechyroned
pastchyroned

Origin of chyron

Genericization of the trademark Chyron, from Chiron (“centaur of Greek mythology”).

Questions about chyron

What does chyron mean?
Chyron means a set of graphics or words at the bottom of a television screen, sometimes unrelated to the current viewing content.
How do you use chyron in a sentence?
The ABC broadcast also began to use Chyrons, which "generated brightly colored maps, charts, graphs, and illustrations and imposed text over pictures.
What part of speech is chyron?
Chyron can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce chyron?
Chyron is pronounced /ˈkaɪɹɒn/ (UK).
What is the plural of chyron?
The plural of chyron is chyrons.

Words near chyron in the dictionary

  1. chypres
  2. chyromancer
  3. chyromancers
  4. chyromyid
  5. chyromyids
  6. chyron
  7. chyroned
  8. chyroning
  9. chyronist
  10. chyrons
  11. chyrstal

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