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dim

[dim] / dɪm /






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In privacy mode, the device dims those wide pixels, while the narrow pixels emit light only at your face.

From The Wall Street Journal

Even in the dim light, I could see that it was old, warped and scratched from years of rain and snow and heat.

From Literature

These few dim points appeared to overshadow otherwise encouraging signals in the print.

From Barron's

The prints come after Fed officials, including Stephen Miran, struck an increasingly hawkish tone in recent days, helping lift the dollar and buoy Treasury yields as expectations of imminent rate cuts dimmed.

From The Wall Street Journal

If lighting is too dim and the pupil narrows excessively at short viewing distances, retinal activity may not be strong enough to support normal visual development.

From Science Daily