[Vocabulary] glare or sunk in dark spot

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It means to be submerged in a lower spot. Image pixels have a numerical value. High value would be bright. Low value would be dark.

It's a common problem with digital cameras that a bright area might wash out the image, or a dark area become darker because of too much contrast. Our eyes are much better than a camera in "balancing" an image so that we see what we want to see without glare or contrasting darkness.



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Thanks so much for your informative response.
But why I couldn't find the "sunk" as noun in every dictionaries like Longman,Cambridge,..
Could you please tell me the references of the meaning "sunk" in any dictionaries?!
Thanks in advanced.
 
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Thanks so much for your informative response.

But why I couldn't find the "sunk" as noun in every dictionaries like Longman,Cambridge,..
Could you please tell me the references of the meaning "sunk" in any dictionaries?!

[STRIKE]Thanks in advanced.[/STRIKE] There's no need to thank us in advance (not 'advanced'). Just click Thank when you get a useful reply.

The word 'sunk' is not a noun. It's the past participle of 'sink'.

'Details may be lost in glare or (may be) sunk in a dark spot.'
 

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So the sink have the following meaning?!
become weaker

5 [intransitive] to decrease in amount, volume, strength, etc: The pound has sunk to its lowest recorded level against the dollar.
or

2 [+
object]:to move down to a lower position:The sun sank behind the hills.
 
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There's no need to quote a post when your reply immediately follows it.

So does the word 'sink' have the following meaning?

become weaker

It means 'becomes less visible' — maybe even 'invisible'.

In meaning 5 above, the 'etc' can include 'visibility'.
 
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