"chroma" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɹoʊmə/ [General-American], /ˈkɹəʊmə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: chromas [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊmə Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *kʰrṓwmə Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma)bor. English chroma Borrowed from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|grc:χρῶμα<t:color>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *kʰrṓwmə Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma)bor. English chroma [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "color", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*kʰrṓwmə", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "χρῶμα", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "chroma", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="chroma"> Borrowed from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”). Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chroma (countable and uncountable, plural chromas)
  1. The colorfulness relative to the brightness of a similarly illuminated area Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-chroma-en-noun-NgtCYHX5
  2. The aspect of a colour's hue that depends on the amount of white or black in it; saturation Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-chroma-en-noun-jXq0qunk
  3. (music) Short for chromatic semitone Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: chromatic semitone
    Sense id: en-chroma-en-noun-F8Sa1FR8 Categories (other): Music, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 5 32 63 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 5 32 63 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 29 70 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 4 28 68 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 5 29 66 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chroma dot, chromagram, chromakey, chroma keyer, chromatic, chrominance, chromoclasm Related terms: luma

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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