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ISOCHROMATIC STIMULI [1 record]

Record 1 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
DEF

Colour stimuli, which, when acting simultaneously in adjacent fields, give rise to identical colour sensations. The identity of colour may result from the identity of spectral distribution or it can occur when the spectral distributions are different (metameric colour stimuli).

OBS

isochromatic stimuli: term standardized by CIE.

Key term(s)
  • isochromatic stimulus

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
DEF

Sont appelés homochromes des stimuli de couleur qui, agissant simultanément sur l'œil de l'observateur de référence colorimétrique CIE et vus sous forme de champs contigus, produisent des sensations colorées identiques. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR.]

OBS

Pluriel : des stimulus, des stimuli.

OBS

stimulus (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

OBS

stimuli homochromes : terme normalisé par la CIE et l'AFNOR.

Key term(s)
  • stimulus homochrome

Spanish

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