Clutter: Excessive amounts of advertising carried by media vehicles. Term refers to the total amount of advertising time and space and to its scheduling long strings of consecutive commercials for broadcasting.

 

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Clutter: Excessive amounts of advertising carried by media vehicles. Term refers to the total amount of advertising time and space and to its scheduling long strings of consecutive commercials for br . . . View Full Definition

Radar Clutter: The term clutter refers to any objects that cause unwanted reflections of a radar's electromagnetic energy to be returned to the radar receiver.

Anti-Clutter Sea Control: An electronic circuit that suppresses clutter caused by the reflection of echoes from waves in a seaway. Sea clutter could obscure the return from other objects in the area. Also called stc . . . View Full Definition

Anti-Clutter Rain Control: An electronic circuit that suppresses the reflected radar energy from rain and other forms of precipitation to prevent masking of objects that might otherwise be lost in the clutter. Also ca . . . View Full Definition

Ground Clutter: A pattern of radar echoes reflecting off fixed ground targets such as buildings or hills near the radar. This may hide or confuse the proper return echo signifying actual precipitation.

Anti-Clutter Control: A means for reducing or eliminating interferences from sea return and weather.

Sea Return: Clutter on the radarscope which is the result of the radar signal being reflected from the sea, especially near the ship.

Sensitivity Time Control (STC): An electronic circuit designed to automatically increase the gain as the electron beam is deflected from the center to the edge of the scope. Also called anti-clutter gain control.

Blocking: The actor's movement around a set: the director's incorporation of the actor into the mise-en-scene.

Haiku: Japanese poem of three unrhyming lines in 5, 7, and 5 syllables. For example, windshield wipers swish and monday fm blues say melancholy grace.