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ALYCHNE [1 record]

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Record 1 1985-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Lighting
DEF

Plane in colour space representing the locus of colours of zero luminance. This plane passes through the black point (usually the origin of the system); it intersects any linear chromaticity diagram in a straight line ... and lies wholly outside the domain of real chromaticities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Éclairage
DEF

Plan représentant, dans l'espace chromatique, le lieu des couleurs de luminance nulle. Ce plan passe par le point noir (habituellement l'origine du système); il coupe tout diagramme de chromaticité linéaire suivant une droite (...) située en totalité en dehors du domaine des chromaticités réelles.

OBS

Le genre de "alychne" n'a pu être déterminé.

Spanish

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