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kilometre(dictionary)
kilometre(dictionary)

monochrome (iou) and kilometre (oh)


monochrome (iou)



monochrome noun & adjective. M17.
[In sense 1 from medieval Latin monochroma; in senses 2, 3, from French from Greek monokhromos: both ult. from Greek monokhromatos of one colour, formed as MONO- + khroma(t-) colour.]
A. noun.
A painting executed in different shades of one colour. M17.
b. A photograph in shades of one colour; esp. a black and white photograph. M20.
Representation in one colour (esp. in in monochrome). Also, the state of being in one colour; a tract of one colour. M19.
J. Wain The moonlight didn't enable one to see colours, but even in monochrome..the effect was tasteful. fig.: Listener A dramatic exaggeration..inevitably crept into the gentle monochrome.
b. Photography & Television etc. Reproduction in black and white. E20.
A paint or glaze of a single colour. E20.
b. adjective.
Having only one colour; executed in one colour. M19.
Photography & Television etc. Reproducing all colours as shades of grey; black and white; of or pertaining to such reproduction. E20.
mono'chromic adjective = MONOCHROME adjective 1 M19.
'monochromist noun a painter in monochrome M17.
mono'chromous adjective = MONOCHROME adjective 1 M19.
'monochromy noun the Art of painting in monochrome M19.

kilometre (oh)



a unit for measuring distance, equal to 1000 metres