单词 | monochromatism |
释义 | monochromatismn. 1. Physics and Zoology. The quality or fact of being monochromatic; monochromaticity. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [noun] > monochrome self-colour1665 self1817 monochrome1851 monochromatismc1865 mono1977 c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 54/1 We now proceed to investigate a series of..phenomena connected with mono-chromatism... Under certain circumstances..a variety of interesting phenomena is presented when light of a single colour is used. 1974 Solid State Communic. 15 1249 Monochromatism of emission in each line is Δν/ν ≤ 2×10−6. 1999 Amer. Naturalist 154 182 The fact that estrogen-dependent dichromatism is ancestral in extant birds suggests that more brightly colored monochromatism may have been ancestral in modern lineages of birds. 2. Ophthalmology. Complete colour-blindness; the condition of being monochromatic (monochromatic adj. 3). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > colour blindness Daltonism1841 xanthopsia1842 colour blindness1844 chromatopsia1848 achromatopsia1849 chromatometablepsy1849 chromatopseudopsy1849 acritochromacy1855 dichromatism1859 blue-blindness1868 green-blindness1868 red-blindness1868 chromatopsy1879 red vision1880 dyschromatopsia1890 xanthocyanopy1890 xanthocyanopsy1891 dichromacy1892 monochromatism1893 violet-blindness1894 monochromacy1900 deuteranopia1901 protanopia1902 tritanopia1915 deuteranomaly1932 protanomaly1932 tritanomaly1943 1893 Philos. Rev. 2 360 Connate monochromatism cannot be explained as arising by the elimination of one or two of the ground-sensations of the dichromatic and trichromatic systems hitherto investigated. 1946 W. D. Wright Res. Normal & Defective Colour Vision xxiv. 297 In monochromatism, all qualitative differences in stimuli disappear, so that colour matching is reduced to brightness matching. 1966 Arch. Internal Med. 118 491/2 This report describes a family with atypical congenital monochromatism. 1996 Human Genetics 98 403 Blue cone monochromatism (BCM) is a rare X-linked colour vision disorder characterized by the absence of both red and green cone sensitivity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1865 |
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