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Definition of Orthochromatic
1. Adjective. Being uniformly sensitive across the entire visible range, and thus reproducing colours faithfully ¹
2. Adjective. (photography) Sensitive to all colours except red ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Orthochromatic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Orthochromatic
1. Denoting any tissue or cell that stains the colour of the dye used, i.e., the same colour as the dye solution with which it is stained. Synonym: euchromatic, orthochromophil, orthochromophile. Origin: ortho-+ G. Chroma, colour (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orthochromatic
Literary usage of Orthochromatic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Photographer by Roger Child Bayley (1906)
"IN an earlier chapter the use of orthochromatic plates has been referred to, ...
It is on this basis that all modern commercial orthochromatic plates are ..."
2. The American Amateur Photographer (1895)
"orthochromatic PHOTOGRAPHY—The advantages attained by adding color sensitive
bodies to ... Chlorophyll, introduced by Mr. Ives as a powerful orthochromatic ..."
3. The Photography of Coloured Objects by Charles Edward Kenneth Mees (1916)
"CHAPTER IV THE EFFICIENCY OF orthochromatic FILTERS WE have seen that orthochromatic
... Now in removing this light the orthochromatic filter increases the ..."
4. An Elementary Treatise on Phototopographic Methods and Instruments by John Adolphus Flemer (1906)
"orthochromatic Dry-plates and Ray-filters. In the preparation of the ...
orthochromatic plates are indeed made more sensitive to the actinic effects of red, ..."
5. An Elementary Treatise on Phototopographic Methods and Instruments by John Adolphus Flemer (1906)
"When orthochromatic, double-coated non-halation plates are used, development
should be prolonged to allow the developer to penetrate the several layers of ..."
6. Flame, Electricity and the Camera: Man's Progress from the First Kindling of by George Iles (1900)
"Provided with an orthochromatic film, manufactured according to the Vogel ...
The dyes at present used in the preparation of orthochromatic plates are ..."
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