Unblank

adj, verb

adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To restore content to something that is blank.

    "Energy selection can be included by single-channel-analysing (SCA) the height of the prompt signal and using this output to unblank the display pulses."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not blank.

    "The symbols treated here have the following properties : i) there are many kinds of symbols, ii) the distributions of the characteristic points are biased, iii) in many cases unblank lines follow unblank lines."

Example

More examples

"The symbols treated here have the following properties : i) there are many kinds of symbols, ii) the distributions of the characteristic points are biased, iii) in many cases unblank lines follow unblank lines."

Etymology

From un- + blank.

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