To form a contrast.
To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between.
Something that is opposite of or strikingly different from something else.
A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
Antithesis.
is a substance used to increase the contrast of structures or fluids within the body in medical imaging.
The degree of this difference.
A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
To combine or fit (things) together well.
Of several things: to combine or fit together well.
To unite (components) with a dovetail (noun sense 2.1) or similar joint.
To interweave (a number of algorithms or subprograms) so that they can be run more or less simultaneously.
In full dovetail joint: a type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove's tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes.
The tail of a dove (family Columbidae); also, something having the shape of a dove's tail.
A tenon cut into a wedge shape resembling a dove's tail so that it interlocks with a mortise having a corresponding shape in a dovetail joint.
A line resembling a dovetail joint (sense 2.1).