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monochromatic

[mon-uh-kroh-mat-ik, -oh-kruh-]
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adjective
  1. of or having one color.
  2. of, relating to, or having tones of one color in addition to the ground hue: monochromatic pottery.
  3. Optics. pertaining to light of one color or to radiation of a single wavelength or narrow range of wavelengths.
  4. Ophthalmology. of or relating to monochromatism.
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Origin of monochromatic

First recorded in 1815–25; mono- + chromatic
Related formsmon·o·chro·mat·i·cal·ly, adverbmon·o·chro·ma·tic·i·ty [mon-uh-kroh-muh-tis-i-tee] /ˌmɒn əˌkroʊ məˈtɪs ɪ ti/, noun
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  • The vapour from the mixture ignites and we have a monochromatic flame.

  • You can't get monochromatic light, because light can't be monochromatic.

    The Ultimate Weapon

    John Wood Campbell

  • Pauline is the same Pauline who wanted to draw in monochromatic drawing.

    How To Do It

    Edward Everett Hale

  • Monochromatic painting upon pottery, familiar to the primitive Ionians, seems to have originated upon the Syro-Phnician coasts.

    History of Ancient Art

    Franz von Reber

  • Imagine P to be surrounded in the first instance by a glass shade which transmits only monochromatic red light.

British Dictionary definitions for monochromatic

monochromatic

monochroic (ˌmɒnəʊˈkrəʊɪk)

adjective
  1. Also: homochromatic (of light or other electromagnetic radiation) having only one wavelength
  2. physics (of moving particles) having only one kinetic energy
  3. of or relating to monochromatism
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noun
  1. a person who is totally colour-blind
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Derived Formsmonochromatically, adverb
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Word Origin and History for monochromatic

adj.

1807, from mono- + chromatic, or from monochrome + -atic. Related: Monochromatically (1784).

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monochromatic in Medicine

monochromatic

(mŏn′ə-krō-măt′ĭk)
adj.
  1. Having or appearing to have only one color.
  2. Of or relating to a pure spectral color of a single wavelength.
  3. Of or exhibiting achromatopsia.
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Related formsmon′o•chro•mat′i•cal•ly adv.
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monochromatic in Science

monochromatic

[mŏn′ə-krō-măt′ĭk]
  1. Consisting of a single wavelength of light or other radiation. Lasers, for example, usually produce monochromatic light.
  2. Having or appearing to have only one color. Compare polychromatic.
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