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picture blacks

picture blacks is the plural of picture black.

Meaning of picture black

Noun

picture black (countable and uncountable, plural picture blacks)

  1. The darkest black that can be produced in a television image.
    • At the same time the picture blacks may be reproduced at levels as high as 20 or 30 IRE units.1966, Rodger J. Ross, Television Film Engineering, page 331

Questions about picture blacks

What is picture blacks the plural of?
Picture blacks is the plural of picture black.

Words near picture blacks in the dictionary

  1. pictural
  2. picturality
  3. picturals
  4. picture
  5. picture black
  6. picture blacks
  7. picture book
  8. picture books
  9. picture box
  10. picture boxes
  11. picture bride

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