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monochromaticity

noun
/ˌmɑnoʊkɹɑməˈtɪsɪti/US/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)kɹɒməˈtɪsɪti/UK

Etymology

From monochromatic + -ity.

  1. derived from *gʰer-✻ — “to grind; to rub; to stroke; to remove”
  2. derived from χρωματικός — “relating to colour; one of the three types of tetrachord in Greek music”
  3. borrowed from chrōmaticus
  4. borrowed from chromatique — “chromatic”
  5. prefixed as monochromatic — “mono + chromatic”
  6. suffixed as monochromaticity — “monochromatic + ity”

Definitions

  1. the degree to which something is monochromatic

    • The achievable frequency stability is proportional to the monochromaticity (or Q) of the absorption, so optical clocks promise better standards.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for monochromaticity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA