Scanning lines or lines of resolution. The latter are hypothetical lines alternating between white and black (or, in the case of chroma resolution, between complementary colors). The combined maximum number of black and white lines that might be perceived in a particular direction is the number of lines of resolution. Vertical resolution is measured with horizontal lines; horizontal resolution is measured with vertical lines; diagonal resolution is measured with diagonal lines (no current television system or proposal favours one diagonal direction over the other, so the direction of the diagonal lines does not really matter). See also PPH.