Chyron

Quick meaning: Chyron is a noun meaning (US, television) A set of graphics or words at the bottom of a television screen, sometimes unrelated to the current viewing content.

Meaning

(US, television) A set of graphics or words at the bottom of a television screen, sometimes unrelated to the current viewing content.

More Meanings

1. (US, television, transitive) To display (material) on screen by this technology.
2. Alternative spelling of ciron (“the itch-mite (Sarcoptes scabiei), which infects the skin”).

Example Sentences

Chyron. Words shown on a video screen. Also known as a super. A slash (/) indicates a line break in a Chyron message in a script.

Chyrons (electronically enlarged words or numbers superimposed on the screen) might be used to illustrate and compare budget figures or to emphasize a quote.

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.

The ABC broadcast also began to use Chyrons, which "generated brightly colored maps, charts, graphs, and illustrations and imposed text over pictures. A red slash, like the one on the cover of Time magazine, was superimposed on stories, in an effort to give ABC's newscast a distinctive identity."

Word Forms

• chyrons
• chyroning
• chyroned

Synonyms for chyron

Depending on context, synonyms include aston.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include charactron, caption, subtitle, ident, chrononym, supercaption.

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