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Meaning of "colour blindness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COLOUR BLINDNESS

colour blindness  [ˈkʌlə ˈblaɪndnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLOUR BLINDNESS

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Colour blindness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COLOUR BLINDNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

colour blindness

Color blindness

Color blindness, or color vision deficiency, is the inability or decreased ability to see color, or perceive color differences, under normal lighting conditions. Color blindness affects a significant percentage of the population. There is no actual blindness but there is a deficiency of color vision. The most usual cause is a fault in the development of one or more sets of retinal cones that perceive color in light and transmit that information to the optic nerve. This type of color blindness is usually a sex-linked condition. The genes that produce photopigments are carried on the X chromosome; if some of these genes are missing or damaged, color blindness will be expressed in males with a higher probability than in females because males only have one X chromosome. Color blindness can also be produced by physical or chemical damage to the eye, the optic nerve, or parts of the brain. For example, people with achromatopsia suffer from a completely different disorder, but are nevertheless unable to see colors.

Definition of colour blindness in the English dictionary

The definition of colour blindness in the dictionary is the condition of having a defect in the normal ability to distinguish certain colours.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COLOUR BLINDNESS


blondeness
ˈblɒndnəs
blondness
ˈblɒndnəs
boundness
ˈbaʊndnəs
determinedness
dɪˈtɜːmɪndnəs
grandness
ˈɡrændnəs
impassionedness
ɪmˈpæʃəndnəs
ingrainedness
ɪnˈɡreɪndnəs
jocundness
ˈdʒɒkəndnəs
overfondness
ˌəʊvəˈfɒndnəs
overkindness
ˌəʊvəˈkaɪndnəs
purblindness
ˈpɜːblaɪndnəs
refinedness
rɪˈfaɪndnəs
resignedness
rɪˈzaɪndnəs
restrainedness
rɪˈstreɪndnəs
rotundness
rəʊˈtʌndnəs
self-containedness
ˌsɛlfkənˈteɪndnəs
unconcernedness
ˌʌnkənˈsɜːndnəs
unconditionedness
ˌʌnkənˈdɪʃəndnəs
unseasonedness
ʌnˈsiːzəndnəs
unsoundness
ʌnˈsaʊndnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLOUR BLINDNESS

colour bar
colour camera
colour chart
colour code
colour commentator
colour contrast
colour film
colour filter
colour guard
colour index
colour line
colour phase
colour photograph
colour photography
colour printer
colour scheme
colour separation
colour separation overlay
colour sergeant
colour slide

WORDS THAT END LIKE COLOUR BLINDNESS

awkwardness
baldness
blindness
boldness
business
fondness
goodness
hardness
indebtedness
kindness
loudness
madness
mindedness
oddness
preparedness
redness
sadness
soundness
tiredness
weirdness
wickedness

Synonyms and antonyms of colour blindness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «colour blindness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COLOUR BLINDNESS

Find out the translation of colour blindness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of colour blindness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «colour blindness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

色盲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

daltonismo
570 millions of speakers

English

colour blindness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रंग अंधापन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عمى الألوان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дальтонизм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

daltonismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রঙ অন্ধত্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

daltonisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Buta warna
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Farbenblindheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

色覚異常
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

색맹
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wuta warna
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mù màu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வண்ண குருட்டுத்தன்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रंग अंधत्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

renk körlüğü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

daltonismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kolor ślepota
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дальтонізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

orbire culoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αχρωματοψία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kleurblindheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

färgblindhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fargeblindhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of colour blindness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COLOUR BLINDNESS»

The term «colour blindness» is regularly used and occupies the 95.450 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COLOUR BLINDNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «colour blindness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «colour blindness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about colour blindness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLOUR BLINDNESS»

Discover the use of colour blindness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to colour blindness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Colour-Blindness and Colour-Perception
The book may have numerous typos or missing text. It is not illustrated or indexed. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website.
Frederick William Edridge-Green, 2012
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Tests for Colour Blindness
These series of plates provide a quick and accurate assessment of congenital, the most common form, of colour blindness.
S. Ishihara, 1998
3
The Hunterian Lectures on Colour-Vision & Colour-Blindness ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Frederick William Edridge-Green, 2012
4
On Colour Blindness. ... From the Philosophical Transactions ...
\V. POLE ON COLOUR-BLINDNESS. hundred. Of these again but a small proportion know of their defect; still fewer have cared to examine themselves upon it; and there are only a much smaller minority still, who, being accessible, have ...
William POLE (F.R.S.), 1859
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The Detection of Colour-Blindness and Imperfect Eyesight by ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Charles Roberts, 2009
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Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns: 10th International ...
Multimedia Simulation of Colour Blindness and Colour Enhancement Assisted Colour Blindness Chanjira Sinthanayothin and Suthee Phoojaruenchanachai National Electronics and Computer TEchnology Center (NECTEC) 112 Science Park ...
Nicolai Petkov, Michel A. Westenberg, 2003
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Advances in Universal Web Design and Evaluation: Research, ...
One in 12 people have some sort of colour deficiency (Henderson, 2002). Colour blindness is an eye condition affecting the perception of colour. A person with colour blindness will not be able to distinguish certain colours or shades of them.
Sri Kurniawan, Panayiotis Zaphiris, 2007
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Basics Photography 03: Capturing Colour
Phil Malpas. Colour blindness Colour blindness is an unfortunate description for an inability in some humans to perceive certain colours in the same way as everybody else. A common misconception is that colour blind people see the world in ...
Phil Malpas, 2007
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Modern General Psychology, Second Edition (revised And ...
Suppose the entire retinal field is filled by rods alone, then the person will suffer from total colour blindness. But total colour ... In the total colour blindness the person looks at all colours as mere variations of light and shade. Partial colour ...
M. Rajamanickam, 2007
10
Biology
The normal allele (N) is dominant to the defective allele (n). mother (carrier) father (normal) offspring Picture 6 Possible offspring of a mother who is a carrier for colour blindness, and a normal father. Use picture 5 to help you describe the ...
Michael Roberts, Neil Ingram, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLOUR BLINDNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term colour blindness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ishihara test: what is colour blindness, and how can you get tested?
Colour blindness affects approximately one in 12 men and one in 200 women, which equates to 4.5 per cent of the population or around 2.7 ... «The Week UK, Jul 15»
2
Light Bulb Moment Day-Night Tests the Future of Test Cricket?
Another interesting case is that of the Australian opener Chris Rogers, whose colour blindness makes him unable to see the pink ball. Perhaps ... «SportPulse, Jul 15»
3
General Science Bullet - Disorders in the human body - Capsule 1
Eg. Haemophilia, Colour blindness. To get fresh updates about different exams on your Facebook & Twitter timelines, subscribe to our pages ... «PaGaLGuY, Jul 15»
4
Are YOU colourblind? Interactive test reveals whether you have …
Approximately one in 20 people suffer from colour blindness, a condition that makes the world a duller place to look at. While many sufferers ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
5
Ta-Ku's Songs to Make Up To delves into intensely personal territory
Matthews believes the byproduct of colour blindness is an increased depth perception, something that arguably influences his music. He may ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
6
The main reason the BJP is afraid of saffron terror probes: they seem …
While the Congress professed colour blindness when it came to terror, the BJP insisted that the colour of terror could not be saffron. BJP Rajya ... «Scroll.in, Jun 15»
7
'We have to embrace day-night Tests'
Chris Rogers, the veteran Australia opener whose colour blindness will preclude him from being considered for the historic day-night Test ... «cricket.com.au, Jun 15»
8
Colour blindness is most often an inherited condition
People who are colour-blind are unable to see colours the way most people do. True colour blindness, in which everything appears black, grey ... «Bangkok Post, Jun 15»
9
Calling Dylann Roof a 'terrorist' doesn't erase the privilege of his race
Beyond highlighting hypocrisy, to name Roof as a terrorist runs the risk of encountering another white privilege: colour blindness. Consider Fox ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
10
Stars' favourite painter reveals his astonishing colourful secret - he's …
On graduating from art school, Bob went on to become an art teacher and never allowed his colour blindness to affect what he was teaching in ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Colour blindness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/colour-blindness>. May 2024 ».
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