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chyron
UK /ˈkaɪɹɒn/ US /ˈkaɪɹɑn/
noun 2verb 1
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1CHYRON + NOUN
celebrity, recognition
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noun
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A set of graphics or words at the bottom of a television screen, sometimes unrelated to the current viewing content.
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.
verb
1
To display (material) on screen by this technology.
noun
1
Alternative spelling of ciron (“the itch-mite (Sarcoptes scabiei), which infects the skin”).
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Chyrons (electronically enlarged words or numbers superimposed on the screen) might be used to illustrate and compare budget figures or to emphasize a quote.
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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.
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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 ma
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