This is essentially what is happening on a âWidescreenâ video: The full film picture is visible, but it is scaled down to fit within the TV screen width. The empty space is rendered as the least-distracting thing possible: a large expanse of black above and below the picture (this is known as letterboxing).
In basketball, a foul is an infraction of the rules more serious than a violation. 1  Most fouls occur as a result of illegal personal contact with an opponent and/or unsportsmanlike behavior. Fouls can result in one or more of the following penalties: 2  The team whose player committed the foul loses possession of the ball to the other team.
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word filthy. Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: filthy, foul, nasty(adj) disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter. as filthy as a pigsty; a foul pond; a nasty pigsty of a room. dirty, filthy, lousy(adj) vile; despicable.