vivid

adj 1: evoking lifelike images within the mind; "pictorial poetry

and prose"; "graphic accounts of battle"; "a lifelike

portrait"; "a vivid description" [syn: {graphic}, {lifelike},

{pictorial}]

2: having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience; "a

vivid recollection"

3: having striking color; "bright greens"; "brilliant

tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage" [syn: {bright}, {brilliant}]

4: (of color) having the highest saturation; "vivid green";

"intense blue" [syn: {intense}]

VIVID

A numerical {constraint}-oriented language.

["VIVID: The Kernel of a Knowledge Representation Environment

Based on the Constraints Paradigm of Computation", J. Maleki,

Proc 20th Annual Hawaii Intl Conf on System Sciences (Jan

1987) pp.591-597].

(1995-02-23)