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retinex

retinex noun: the retina and the cortex.

Noun

retinex (uncountable)

  1. (attributive) The retina and the cortex.
    • The multi-scale retinex method (Jobson et al. 1997) is also known as the first work or retinex theory-based contrast enhancement method.2015 August 19, Seungwon Lee, Nahyun Kim, Joonki Paik, “Adaptively partitioned block-based contrast enhancement and its application to low light-level video surveillance”, in SpringerPlus, volume 4...

Origin of retinex

Blend of retina + cortex.

Words formed from retinex

  • retinex theory

Questions about retinex

What does retinex mean?
Retinex means the retina and the cortex.
What part of speech is retinex?
Retinex is a noun.

Words near retinex in the dictionary

  1. retinectomy
  2. retinene
  3. retinenes
  4. retinerved
  5. retineum
  6. retinex
  7. retinic
  8. retinite
  9. retinites
  10. retinitides
  11. retinitis

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