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color
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noun
(= colour, coloring, colouring)
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light
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verb
(= colorize, colour)
add color to
The child colored the drawings
Fall colored the trees
colorize black and white film
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noun
(= colour, vividness)
interest and variety and intensity
the Puritan Period was lacking in color
the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness
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adjective
(= colour)
having or capable of producing colors
color film
he rented a color television
marvelous color illustrations
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noun
(= colour)
the timbre of a musical sound
the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music
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noun
a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
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verb
(= tinge, colour)
affect as in thought or feeling
My personal feelings color my judgment in this case
The sadness tinged his life
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verb
(= colour)
modify or bias
His political ideas color his lectures
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noun
(= semblance, gloss, colour)
an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity
he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction
the situation soon took on a different color
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noun
the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
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noun
(= colour)
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
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verb
(= colour)
decorate with colors
color the walls with paint in warm tones
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verb
(= colour)
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
color a lie
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noun
(= colour)
any material used for its color
she used a different color for the trim
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verb
(= discolor, discolour, colour)
change color, often in an undesired manner
The shirts discolored
comparator
noun
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Any device for comparing a physical property of two objects, or an object with a standard.
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An electronic device that compares two voltages, currents or streams of data.
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device for comparing a physical property of two objects
print
Verb
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If you print a picture, book, newspaper, etc., you make a copy of it on paper with a machine using ink or toner.
The book was printed in December.
A brief history of the church is printed in `Here and There' on page 20.
Can you print off a copy for me so I can read it on the train?
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If you print words or letters, you write them by hand in a block style, not a cursive style.
Please print your name here and then sign underneath.
print
Noun
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Print is letters, numerals, punctuation and other similar written symbols.
The print size in the newspaper is too small for me to read.
Most people still get their news both in broadcast and print forms.
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A print is a copy that you make with a machine using ink or toner.
There were only fifty prints made of this painting.
With the digital camera, we don't have prints of many photos; we just keep them all on the computer.