Dehance

Pronunciation varies by accent · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To worsen, to disimprove; to perform the opposite of enhancement upon..

Example Sentences

Whether teaching ability is enhanced or dehanced by graduate study in education is a vital question to be answered […]

[page 75:] To compensate the weakness inherent in the defocus method without dehancing the image contrast, various ideas have been put forth such as deep defocusing, defocus variation, and Wiener filters. […] [page 103:] Lowest ky-deleted diffractogram ( c ) and corresponding contrast-dehanced image (d). Lowest k-deleted diffractogram (e) and corresponding contrast-dehanced image (f).

The Beach Bunker Bonanza is the perfect combination of warm weather and a mass consumption of the performance dehancing drug, light beer. Camouflage gear, helmets, and war paint is encouraged.

No discussion of issue #5 would be complete, however, without mentioning the “dehanced” cover, in the style of a brown paper bag. Ostensibly, the cover was a reaction to the so—called “enhanced” covers of the 1990s — a phenomenon that[…]

“He cast an incantation and briefly dehanced their magic. He then cut a rift into Isterr, and—” The griffin's head tilted down. “They were gone, swept into Isterr as swiftly as leaves in a whirlwind.” He looked up at her.

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Antonyms for dehance

Word Forms

• dehances
• dehancing
• dehanced

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