Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

color temperature

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.45 in modern English

Syllables: col-or tem-per-a-ture
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A property of a light source: the temperature of an ideal black body radiator that radiates light of a color comparable to that of the light source.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The typical color temperature of a standard incandescent lamp is about 2400 K."

Usage

Inflected Forms

color temperatures (plural) colour temperature (alternative)

Phrases

correlated color temperature correlated colour temperature

Questions

What does color temperature mean?: A property of a light source: the temperature of an ideal black body radiator that radiates light of a color comparable to that of the light source.

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