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Meaning of "colourization" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COLOURIZATION

colourization  [ˌkʌləraɪˈzeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLOURIZATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Colourization 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 COLOURIZATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Film colorization

Film colorization or film colourisation is any process that adds color to black-and-white, sepia, or other monochrome moving-picture images. It may be done as a special effect, or to modernize black-and-white films, or to restore color films. Examples date from the early 20th century, but colorization has become common with the advent of digital image processing.

Definition of colourization in the English dictionary

The definition of colourization in the dictionary is the process of adding colour electronically to an old black and white film.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COLOURIZATION


authorization
ˌɔːθəraɪˈzeɪʃən
characterization
ˌkærɪktəraɪˈzeɪʃən
civilization
ˌsɪvɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən
customization
ˌkʌstəmaɪˈzeɪʃən
globalization
ˌɡləʊbəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
hospitalisation
ˌhɒspɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
hospitalization
ˌhɒspɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
hybridization
ˌhaɪbrɪdaɪˈzeɪʃən
localization
ˌləʊkəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
novelization
ˌnɒvəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
optimisation
ˌɒptɪmaɪˈzeɪʃən
optimization
ˌɒptɪmaɪˈzeɪʃən
organisation
ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən
organization
ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən
realization
ˌrɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
specialization
ˌspeʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
stabilization
ˌsteɪbɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən
synchronization
ˌsɪŋkrənaɪˈzeɪʃən
utilization
ˌjuːtɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən
visualization
ˌvɪʒʊəlaɪˈzeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLOURIZATION

colourfully
colourfulness
colouring
colouring book
colourisation
colourise
colouriser
colourist
colouristic
colouristically
colourize
colourizer
colourless
colourlessly
colourlessness
colourman
colourmen
colourpoint cat
colours
colourwash

WORDS THAT END LIKE COLOURIZATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of colourization in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «colourization» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COLOURIZATION

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

Translator English - Chinese

colourization
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

colourization
570 millions of speakers

English

colourization
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

colourization
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

colourization
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

colourization
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

colorização
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

colourization
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

colorisation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengacuan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

-farbauftrag
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

色化
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

colourization
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Colourization
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

colourization
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

colourization
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रंगांचे वर्गीकरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

renklendirilmeleri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Colorazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

colourization
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

colourization
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

colourization
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χρωματισμού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

colourization
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

colourization
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

colourization
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of colourization

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COLOURIZATION»

The term «colourization» is used very little and occupies the 163.646 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COLOURIZATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «colourization» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «colourization» 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 colourization

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLOURIZATION»

Discover the use of colourization in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to colourization and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Dictionary of Film Studies
colourization 90 post-production is now straightforward and increasingly common . See also COLOURIZATION, FILM PRESERVATION. Further Reading: Coates, Paul Cinema and Colour: The Saturated Image (2010). Everett, Wendy E.
Annette Kuhn, Guy Westwell, 2012
2
Fritz Lang's Metropolis: Cinematic Visions of Technology and ...
Like the colourization of classics12 or the irreverent recycling of found footage," at stake is the discursive space of the historical distance that make us contradictorily protest the panning and scanning of Lawrence of Arabia on TV without raising ...
Michael Minden, Holger Bachmann, 2002
3
Landmark Intellectual Property Cases and Their Legacy: IEEM ...
In decrying colourization of his movie The Maltese Falcon, he commented that I shot it in black and white the same way a sculptor chooses between clay, bronze or marble.37 His testimony was important since colourization of movies remains ...
Christopher Heath, Anselm Kamperman Sanders, 2011
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Acta mineralogica petrographica
... whereas in the case of arsenopyrite and lollingite the reprint obtained on the paper impregnated with a-nitroso-/)'-naphtol showed such a dark blown colour that this might truly mask the colourization produced by the slight amount of cobalt.
5
Film Review
"He made a request to see how this colourization worked. They made arrangements to take him down to the colourization company and 1 was asked to go down as a representative of the Director's Guild. They took us around to actually show ...
6
The Intellectual Observer
Clusters and Nebula?, 175. Coal gas, desulphuration of, 71. Coast- warnings, new, 362. Coins, registration of, 445. Colaptes, species of, in Columbia, 330. Collection of antiquities, 143. Colliery explosion, 1. Colourization of photographs by ...
7
Röntgen Ray Diagnosis and Therapy
If the fresh salt, placed at the object to be irradiated, shows the same degree of colourization which its colourized companion has, sufficient influence is exerted, and further irradiation would better be stopped. Ingenious as the apparatus is, ...
Carl Beck, 1908
8
Digital Encounters
Returning to Pleasantville, there are two modes through which the images are colourized, only one of which generates competing elements. An example of colourization without the introduction of a competing element can be seen in the ' fire, ...
Aylish Wood, 2012
9
The Hollywood Story
... availability of feature films on video, along with the growth of cable TV in the 1980s, and the development of electronic, computerized systems of colourization of old monochrome pictures. Suddenly colourization had become big business ...
Joel Waldo Finler, 2003
10
A History of Video Art
five independent video inputs, each of which enabled the colourization of monochrome camera sources or the manipulation of the level and gain of component (Red, Green and Blue) coloursources. Therewere alsothree further inputs to a ...
Chris Meigh-Andrews, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLOURIZATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term colourization is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Banjo-Kazooie Spiritual Successor Officially Revealed
Or do you see cute chameleons, with tasteful matched colourization(yellow and light green), spiced up with red hands, feet, tail and eyelashes, ... «GameSpot, Apr 15»
2
City-wide fire inspections planned
“If it rings, that's fine, if it's not too old, but if we see the smoke alarm is over 10 years old ... and we can tell by the colourization of the unit and ... «Timmins Press, Apr 15»
3
Kagawong turkeys deemed to be wild and not domestic
“And these birds are of a colourization that would indicate they are wild birds.” “Based on the evidence we have they are wild turkeys and it is ... «Manitoulin Expositor, Apr 15»
4
How laser scanning may help crack mysteries of HMS Erebus
The data comes back with what Gillham calls an "intensity return" that gives "some level of colourization" to every point recorded. "You can then ... «CBC.ca, Apr 15»
5
Flash from the Past: The story of the other Massey Hall
Colourization of early postcards was always problematic if the local photographer didn't provide exact descriptions to the faraway publishing ... «Waterloo Record, Mar 15»
6
The Gazette's photos of the week: September 7 – September 13, 2014
Terry Mosher, aka Aislin, cartoons go through an evolution from pencil to pen then to colourization at two different workstations at home in ... «Montreal Gazette, Sep 14»
7
Far From Black and White: Modern Usage of Colourless Filmmaking
Late and legendary film critic Roger Ebert famously lamented the colourization of such movies, and he makes a solid point. There is something ... «The Arts Guild, Aug 14»
8
Uxbridge artist strikes silver with Royal Canadian Mint
The silver $5 coin features a niobium core, new technology that allows for selective colourization. Mr. Liverance's tulip design is a vibrant peach ... «durhamregion.com, Jul 14»
9
From zingers to math woes: Four highlights from the Ontario debate
Later, she springboarded off Mr. Hudak's colourization of his plan as a tough-but-necessary choice with the zinger: “your tough medicine is ... «The Globe and Mail, Jun 14»
10
New Royal Canadian Mint Catalog Released
It uses a world-first “Transition Effect” coin colourization technique which recreates the shimmer and sparkle of a waterfall illustrated in the ... «CoinWeek, May 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Colourization [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/colourization>. Apr 2024 ».
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