orthochromatic
/ˌoɹ.θə.kɹəˈmæt.ɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Being uniformly sensitive across the entire visible range, and thus reproducing colours faithfully
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰeti Proto-Indo-European *h₃érdʰeti? Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *ortʰwós Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós)lbor. English ortho- English chromatic English orthochromatic From ortho- + chromatic.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌoɹ.θə.kɹəˈmæt.ɪk/
- British English: /ˈɔː.θə.kɹəˈmæt.ɪk/