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.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Sordid. sorâ²did, adj. dirty, squalid: of a dull colour: morally foul, vile: mean: meanly avaricious.ân. Sorâ²des, filth, foul accretions on the teeth in low forms of fever.âadv. Sorâ²didly.âns. Sorâ²didness, state of being sordid; Sorâ²dor, filth, dregs.