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Meaning of "monochromy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MONOCHROMY

monochromy  [ˈmɒnəˈkrəʊmɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MONOCHROMY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Monochromy 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 MONOCHROMY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

monochromy

Monochrome painting

Monochromatic painting has been an important component of avant-garde visual art throughout the 20th century and into the 21st century. Painters have created the exploration of one color, the examination of values changing across a surface, the expressivity of texture and nuance, expressing a wide variety of emotions, intentions and meanings in a wide variety of ways and means. From geometric precision to expressionism, the monochrome has proved to be a durable idiom in Contemporary art.

Definition of monochromy in the English dictionary

The definition of monochromy in the dictionary is the skill of painting or sketching in or of using only a single colour.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MONOCHROMY


chromy
ˈkrəʊmɪ
cleome
klɪˈəʊmɪ
Dahomey
dəˈhəʊmɪ
domy
ˈdəʊmɪ
foamy
ˈfəʊmɪ
heliochromy
ˈhiːlɪəʊˌkrəʊmɪ
homey
ˈhəʊmɪ
homie
ˈhəʊmɪ
homy
ˈhəʊmɪ
Komi
ˈkəʊmɪ
lithochromy
ˈlɪθəˌkrəʊmɪ
loamy
ˈləʊmɪ
monosomy
ˈmɒnəˌsəʊmɪ
photochromy
ˈfəʊtəʊˌkrəʊmɪ
polychromy
ˈpɒlɪˌkrəʊmɪ
Salome
səˈləʊmɪ
stenochromy
ˈstɛnəkrəʊmɪ
stereochromy
ˈstɛrɪəˌkrəʊmɪ
thermochromy
ˈθɜːməˌkrəʊmɪ
trisomy
ˈtraɪsəʊmɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MONOCHROMY

monochasia
monochasial
monochasium
monochlamydeous
monochloride
monochord
monochroic
monochromasy
monochromat
monochromate
monochromatic
monochromatically
monochromatism
monochromator
monochrome
monochromic
monochromical
monochromist
monocle
monocled

WORDS THAT END LIKE MONOCHROMY

agronomy
anatomy
astronomy
autonomy
Deuteronomy
dichotomy
economy
free-market economy
gastronomy
gloomy
homochromy
hysterectomy
lampadedromy
loxodromy
orthodromy
ostomy
political economy
roomy
taxonomy
vasectomy

Synonyms and antonyms of monochromy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «monochromy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MONOCHROMY

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

Translator English - Chinese

monochromy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

monocromía
570 millions of speakers

English

monochromy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

monochromy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

monochromy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

monochromy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

monocromia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

monochromy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

monochromie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Monokrom
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Monochromie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

monochromy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

monochromy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Monochromy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

monochromy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

monochromy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोनोक्रोमी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

monochromy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

monocromia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

monochromy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

monochromy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

monocromie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μονοχρωμία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

monochromy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

monochromy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

monochromy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of monochromy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MONOCHROMY»

The term «monochromy» is barely ever used and occupies the 195.452 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MONOCHROMY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MONOCHROMY»

Discover the use of monochromy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to monochromy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pawn Power in Chess
Monochromy is the drawback of the bad Bishop; it is either mechanical or dynamic in nature depending on the mechanical or dynamic immobilization of the critical pawns. For instance BQ3, PQ4, PK5 vs BQ2, PQ4, PK3 when Black suffers from ...
Hans Kmoch, 2013
2
Painted Wood: History and Conservation
Monochromy,. Polychromy,. and. Authenticity. The. Cloisters'. Standing. Bishop. Attributed. to. Tilman. Riemenschneider. Michele D. Marincola andJack Soultanian Figure 1 Standing Bishop, attributed to Tilman Riemenschneider (ca.
Valerie Dorge, F. Carey Howlett, 1998
3
The Architectonic Colour: Polychromy in the Purist ...
In a previous text entitled 'Calcimine', Le Corbusier had praised the clarity of form under the influence of monochromy of maximum luminescence: white. In other articles, he covered the possibility of using polychromy to influence the ...
‎2009
4
The artist's way of working in the various handicrafts and ...
Monochrome : a drawing, painting, or the like in monochromy. Figs. 195 and 201 bis are monochromes, the one in water-color (India- ink), the other in oil-painting. Monochromy : the employment of one color in a design ; work in one hue as ...
Russell Sturgis, 1905
5
A study of the artist's way of working in the various ...
Monochromy : the employment of one color in a design ; work in one hue as contrasted with Polychromy. True monochromy excludes the use even of two different blues, or grays. A drawing in black chalk on white paper, or one in white chalk ...
Russell Sturgis, 1905
6
Archimatects Volume 3
... I'm not sure I can do this. It seems wrong. It's okay to draw a building people might like. If it doesn't have a flat roof, how will they know it's architecture? Polychromy! Monochromy! Polychromy! Monochromy! Polychromy! Monochromy! Please.
il Pelicano
7
Lucio Fontana: The Artist's Materials
When Fontana discussed the subject of monochromy with the critic Daniela Palazzoli in 1967, however, he differentiated clearly between Rothko's aims and those of Fontana himself or other colleagues. Rothko had always thought essentially ...
Pia Gottschaller, 2012
8
From Diversion to Subversion: Games, Play, and ...
flatness of the relief plane, the importance of projection from the back plane for relief sculpture, the issue of monochromy, and the importance of shadows to depiction in relief sculpture. It is not merely a formalist exercise to attend to these  ...
David Getsy, 2011
9
Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics, 47: Spring 2005
This documentary quality characterizes both the first three paintings in the series, The Beggar, The Gardener, and The Ill, which Balla executed in near monochromy, as well as The Madwoman, which he painted in a brilliantly colored  ...
Francesco Pellizzi, 2005
10
Andy Warhol
Recognizing that not a single strategy of modernist reduction, of radical negation and refusal, could escape its ultimate fate of enhancing the painting's status as object and commodity, Warhol in his use of monochromy in the early 1960s ...
Andy Warhol, Annette Michelson, B. H. D. Buchloh, 2001

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MONOCHROMY»

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Toronto Raptors introduce new logo as part of 'We The North …
perfect team image, establish monochromy, insure strong conference standings, provide for the common point defence, promote the general ... «National Post, Dec 14»

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