duochrome
Part of speech: noun
adj
adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From duo- + chrome.
Base: chrome
Affixes: duo-
Inflected forms:
form: duochromes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The duochrome test, a test used by opticians to refine the correction of refractive error, in which the subject is asked to compare images presented with red and green backgrounds.
pos: noun
examples: When using the duochrome, there may not be an exact endpoint because the chances of the spectacle refraction falling into a 0.25 DS endpoint are fairly remote.
The duochrome should be used as the endpoint procedure for the initial MPMVA .
If the responses are not appropriate, then the duochrome is not reliable for this patient and should be ignored.
gloss: An image composed of varying shades (grayscale) of two colors.
pos: noun
examples: Where a color original such as a transparency, color print, or color artwork is furnished, additional impact and interest can be obtained with the duochrome.
[…] used two tints for his underpaintings, a duochrome in effect, probably a cool grey tint for the shadows and a golden buff one for everything in sunlight.
The duochrome differs from the duotone in that a fullcolor original is required for its preparation.
Films could also be tinted and toned, resulting in color duochromes.
gloss: A piece of pottery decorated in two colors.
pos: noun
examples: Jugs 9-10 and 15 are obviously the last vestiges of earlier duochrome ware.
Duochrome consists predominantly of red or brown on brown, buff, or cream.
These bowls were usually red slipped from rim edge down to several inches below the widest diameter, making the bowl a duochrome with red upper-body and tan lower-body.
Unidentified black-on-gray (probably a duochrome related to the Chihuahua series), La Junta Focus.
gloss: A color scheme consisting of only two hues.
pos: noun
examples: All was immaculately in keeping, a duochrome of terracotta and brick, with niches for Elizabeth II matching those of her great-great grandparents, Victoria and Albert, on the North Porch.
A dank duochrome prevailed, matte silver and green-black, curled fog strangling the pines.
gloss: Fabric that shifts between two colors, depending on the angle of light, also, by extension, something made with such fabric.
pos: noun
examples: So she'd worn one of her own creations, a duochrome that shifted from turquoise to a rich blue depending on how the light hit it.
Duochrome flecks sparkled yellow on the plane's dark seats.
I'm like—like boring old burlap and you're a duochrome, ombre, brilliant rainbow.
gloss: A fluorochrome that shows up in either of two colors, depending on the type of biological material it stains.
pos: noun
examples: […] which seem to be positive for two fluorochromes, i.e., the intact duochrome and the first component of the disintegrated duochrome.
Commercially available Cy7 duochromes have highly variable fluorescence properties from batch to batch as there appears to be little regard to standardization with respect to conjugation ratios used.
gloss: Pertaining to the red and green colors of the duochrome test.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Cockerham claims that there are a number of advantages with his duochrome fixation attachment over the ordinary illuminated target.
the operator begins at the centre, chooses a colour, follows the colour out to duochrome balance, then proceeds to the periphery.
One standard on duochrome filters recommends a green filter having a peak luminosity of approximately 535 nm and a red filter of approximately 620 nm
gloss: Composed of two colors.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: We were boldly duochrome in our bear-up black sweatpants and white sleeveless T-shirts with crosses and religious medals dangling from our necks, sort of a City Ballet meets St. Mark's Place kind of look.
Duochrome monotony of gray weather recalling Cage's Four Minutes Thirty-Three Seconds of silence, making Julian hungry to see something with a feeling attached.
A drab series of duochrome fashions reflected the comparatively flat progression of the country through the first half of this century.
The initial effect is of some vast, elegant set of combination locks, or duochrome Rubik's cubes, poised at any moment to whirr and counterspin, floor by floor,
This required each duochrome page to go through the printing press twice, and it was soon discovered that it was more efficient to pay scribes to add the rubrication.
gloss: In two colors.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Mark showed his father how you could push down two of the coloured ballpoints at once, and so write duochrome.
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