mon·o·chro·mat·ic

[mon-uh-kroh-mat-ik, -oh-kruh-]
adjective
1.
of or having one color.
2.
of, pertaining to, or having tones of one color in addition to the ground hue: monochromatic pottery.
3.
Optics. pertaining to light of one color or to radiation of a single wavelength or narrow range of wavelengths.
4.
Ophthalmology. of or pertaining to monochromatism.

Origin:
1815–25; mono- + chromatic

mon·o·chro·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
mon·o·chro·ma·tic·i·ty [mon-uh-kroh-muh-tis-i-tee] , noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source Link To monochromatic
00:10
Monochromatic is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Collins
World English Dictionary
monochromatic or monochroic (ˌmɒnəʊkrəʊˈmætɪk, ˌmɒnəʊˈkrəʊɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  Also: homochromatic (of light or other electromagnetic radiation) having only one wavelength
2.  physics (of moving particles) having only one kinetic energy
3.  of or relating to monochromatism
 
n
4.  a person who is totally colour-blind
 
monochroic or monochroic
 
adj
 
n
 
monochro'matically or monochroic
 
adv

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History

monochromatic
1822, from mono- + chromatic. Also cf. monochrome.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Medical Dictionary

monochromatic mon·o·chro·mat·ic (mŏn'ə-krō-māt'ĭk)
adj.

  1. Having or appearing to have only one color.

  2. Of or relating to a pure spectral color of a single wavelength.

  3. Of or exhibiting achromatopsia.


mon'o·chro·mat'i·cal·ly adv.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Science Dictionary
monochromatic   (mŏn'ə-krō-māt'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. Consisting of a single wavelength of light or other radiation. Lasers, for example, usually produce monochromatic light.

  2. Having or appearing to have only one color. Compare polychromatic.


The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Example sentences
Subtle monochromatic tone-on-tone colors create his moods.
And, paradoxical as it may seem, it is there more than ever in the
  monochromatic paintings of his last years.
The mostly monochromatic backgrounds have the delicacy of old etchings.
Mind you, a monochromatic palette has its downsides.
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT