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daz·zle
/ˈdaz(ə)l/verb
- 1. (of a bright light) blind (a person) temporarily: "she was dazzled by the headlights" Similar
noun
- 1. brightness that confuses someone's vision temporarily: "a dazzle of green and red spotlights" Similar
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Dazzle camouflage, also known as razzle dazzle (in the U.S.) or dazzle painting, is a family of ship camouflage that was used extensively in World War I, and to a lesser extent in World War II and afterwards.
World War II US Navy dazzle camouflage measures 31, 32 and 33: cruisers. Dazzle camouflage of warships was adopted by the U.S. Navy during World War II, following research at the Naval Research Laboratory. Dazzle consists in painting obtrusive patterns on vertical surfaces. Unlike some other forms of camouflage, dazzle works not by offering ...
A soldier applying camouflage face paint; both helmet and jacket are disruptively patterned. Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising them as something else. Examples include the leopard 's spotted coat, the battledress ...
USS West Mahomet in First World War dazzle camouflage. Ship camouflage is a form of military deception in which a ship is painted in one or more colors in order to obscure or confuse an enemy's visual observation.
1902. Media type. Print. The Cruise of the Dazzler is an early novel by Jack London, set in his home city of San Francisco. It is considered a boy's adventure novel. [1] In the novel, Joe Bronson, dissatisfied with his dull life at school, runs away and joins the crew of a sloop he sees in San Francisco Bay. He finds the captain is involved in ...
Cryptantha is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. They are known commonly as cat's eyes and popcorn flowers (the latter name is also used to refer to the closely related genus Plagiobothrys, [1] and members of the subtribe of Amsinckiinae ). [2] They are distributed throughout western North America and western South ...
Flash blindness is an either temporary or permanent visual impairment during and following exposure of a varying length of time to a light flash of extremely high intensity, such as a nuclear explosion, flash photograph, lightning strike, or extremely bright light, i.e. a searchlight, laser pointer, landing lights or ultraviolet light. [1]
Razzle Dazzle is a Canadian children's program produced between 1961 and 1966. Razzle Dazzle may also refer to: Film and television. Razzledazzle, a BBC television programme for children; Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance, a 2007 Australian film by Darren Ashton; Razzle Dazzle, a 2008 documentary film and live one-woman show about Mitzi Gaynor
The Dazzle is a family of external video capture devices that allow people to record video from analog composite video sources ( DVD player, VCR, etc.) over USB (originally parallel ). [1] Most models are also capable of recording analog stereo audio.
Computer vision dazzle also known as CV dazzle, dazzle makeup, or anti-surveillance makeup, is a type of camouflage used to hamper facial recognition software, inspired by dazzle camouflage used by vehicles such as ships and planes.