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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The aspect of color that includes consideration of its dominant wavelength and purity.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In cytology, the state or amount of the chromatin contained in the cell-nucleus.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An objective specification of the quality of a colour, regardless of its luminance.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength

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Examples

  • The TEMPO FLASH Service provides measurements of flux, chromaticity and throw for torches and other portable lighting designs.

    unknown title 2011

  • The TEMPO SPOT Service provides measurements of flux, efficacy and chromaticity for luminaires and replacement lamps.

    unknown title 2011

  • I only have one question: why do you offer two different options for setting the chromaticity coordinates of the primaries and the white point?

    Doom9's Forum 2010

  • The Taos TCS3414 is a digital colour light sensor designed to derive accurately the colour chromaticity and illuminance (intensity) of ambient light.

    Electronicstalk - electronics industry news 2010

  • I only have one question: why do you offer two different options for setting the chromaticity coordinates of the primaries and the white point?

    Doom9's Forum 2010

  • I only have one question: why do you offer two different options for setting the chromaticity coordinates of the primaries and the white point?

    Doom9's Forum 2010

  • The Taos TCS3414 is a digital colour light sensor designed to derive accurately the colour chromaticity and illuminance (intensity) of ambient light.

    Electronicstalk - electronics industry news 2010

  • The Taos TCS3414 is a digital colour light sensor designed to derive accurately the colour chromaticity and illuminance (intensity) of ambient light.

    Electronicstalk - electronics industry news 2010

  • To evaluate and help you understand the strengths and weaknesses of various displays, we powered up our luminance and chromaticity ...

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2010

  • The Taos TCS3414 is a digital colour light sensor designed to derive accurately the colour chromaticity and illuminance (intensity) of ambient light.

    Electronicstalk - electronics industry news 2010

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