colour-blindness
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colour blindness — colour blind ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unable to distinguish certain colours. DERIVATIVES colour blindness noun … English terms dictionary
colour-blindness — noun [uncountable] Thesaurus: ability to see and problems with seeinghyponym race relations and racismhyponym eye and parts of the eyemeronym Main entry: colour blind … Useful english dictionary
colour blindness — Inability to distinguish one or more colours. The human retina contains three types of cone cells that absorb light in different parts of the spectrum. Absence of these types causes colour blindness to red, green, and blue. Colour blindness is a… … Universalium
colour blindness — The term colour blindness was introduced in or shortly before 1844 by the Scottish physicist and homo universalis David Brewster (1781 1868) as an alternative for the expression * Daltonism. Brewster s proposal for this new name was inspired… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
colour blindness — noun genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue • Syn: ↑color blindness, ↑color vision deficiency, ↑colour vision deficiency • Derivationally related forms: ↑colour blind (for: ↑color blindness), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
colour blindness — any of various conditions in which certain colours are confused with one another. True lack of colour appreciation is extremely rare (see monochromat), but some defect of colour discrimination is present in about 8% of Caucasian males, and 0.4%… … Medical dictionary
colour blindness — any of various conditions in which certain colours are confused with one another. True lack of colour appreciation is extremely rare (see monochromat), but some defect of colour discrimination is present in about 8% of Caucasian males, and 0.4%… … The new mediacal dictionary
colour blindness — spalvinis aklumas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. color blindness; colour blindness; daltonism vok. Anerythropsie, f; Daltonismus, m; Farbenblindheit, f rus. дальтонизм, m; цветовая слепота, f pranc. achromatopsie, f; anérythropsie,… … Fizikos terminų žodynas
colour blindness — /ˈkʌlə blaɪndnəs/ (say kuluh bluyndnuhs) noun defective colour perception, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade, and form. Also, color blindness …
colour-blindness — See: colour blind … English dictionary
