"macroblock" meaning in English

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "macroblocking"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "submacroblock"
    }
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "macro- + block",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "macroblocks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "meronyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "sense": "parts of a macroblock",
      "word": "partition"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pixel"
    }
  ],
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "microblock"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Signal processing",
          "orig": "en:Signal processing",
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        },
        {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A block of adjacent pixels, typically a rectangular 16×16 block"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "pixel",
          "pixel"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "video compression",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(signal processing, video compression) A block of adjacent pixels, typically a rectangular 16×16 block"
      ],
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "block of adjacent pixels",
          "word": "macrobloc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "block of adjacent pixels",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Macroblock"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 22",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "maekeuro beullok",
          "sense": "block of adjacent pixels",
          "word": "매크로 블록"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Archaeology",
          "orig": "en:Archaeology",
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            "Anthropology",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Zoology",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Biology",
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          "source": "w"
        },
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            "Entry maintenance"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, David L. Carlson, “Figuring Out \"What Happened in the Middle Archaic?\"”, in Theory, Method, and Practice in Modern Archaeology, page 78",
          "text": "In 1975 the macroblock area was stepped back so that a smaller block excavation could extend below Horizon 8.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "An area of a dig where there are multiple adjacent block excavations"
      ],
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        [
          "dig",
          "dig"
        ],
        [
          "excavation",
          "excavation"
        ]
      ],
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        "(archaeology) An area of a dig where there are multiple adjacent block excavations"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "archaeology",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "macroblock"
}

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    {
      "word": "macroblocking"
    },
    {
      "word": "submacroblock"
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "macro- + block",
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    {
      "form": "macroblocks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "meronyms": [
    {
      "sense": "parts of a macroblock",
      "word": "partition"
    },
    {
      "word": "pixel"
    }
  ],
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "microblock"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "en:Signal processing",
        "en:Video compression"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A block of adjacent pixels, typically a rectangular 16×16 block"
      ],
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        [
          "pixel",
          "pixel"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "video compression",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(signal processing, video compression) A block of adjacent pixels, typically a rectangular 16×16 block"
      ],
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        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences",
        "signal-processing"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2003, David L. Carlson, “Figuring Out \"What Happened in the Middle Archaic?\"”, in Theory, Method, and Practice in Modern Archaeology, page 78",
          "text": "In 1975 the macroblock area was stepped back so that a smaller block excavation could extend below Horizon 8.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An area of a dig where there are multiple adjacent block excavations"
      ],
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "dig",
          "dig"
        ],
        [
          "excavation",
          "excavation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaeology) An area of a dig where there are multiple adjacent block excavations"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "archaeology",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "block of adjacent pixels",
      "word": "macrobloc"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "block of adjacent pixels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Macroblock"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "maekeuro beullok",
      "sense": "block of adjacent pixels",
      "word": "매크로 블록"
    }
  ],
  "word": "macroblock"
}