[syn: monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic, monochromous]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Monochromic \Mon`o*chro"mic\, a.
Made, or done, with a single color; as, a monochromic
picture. Called also, monochromatic and monochrome.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Monochromatic \Mon`o*chro*mat"ic\, a. [Cf. F. monochromatique.
See Monochrome.]
Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of one
color only.
[1913 Webster]
Monochromatic lamp (Opt.),a lamp whose flame yields rays of
some one homogenous light. It is of great importance in
optical experiments.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
black-and-white \black-and-white\, black and white \black and
white\adj. (Photography, Imaging; Printing)
depicted only in black and white colors, or in shades of
gray; also called monochromatic and monochrome; -- of
images. Opposite of color or in color, and contrasting
with polychrome technicolor three-color; as, a
black-and-white TV; black-and-white film; the movie
"Schindler's List" was shot in black and white.
Syn: black and white, monochromatic, monochrome.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
monochromatic
adj 1: of or relating to monochromatism
2: (of light or other electromagnetic radiation) having only one
wavelength; "monochromatic light" [syn: monochromatic,
homochromatic] [ant: polychromatic]
3: having or appearing to have only one color [syn:
monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic, monochromous]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "monochromatic":
chromatic, cold, colorific, coloring, cool, dichromatic, glowing,
harmonious, many-colored, matching, medley, monochrome,
monochromic, motley, parti-colored, pigmentary, polychromatic,
prismatic, rainbow, spectral, tinctorial, tingent, toning,
variegated, warm