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monochromaticity

monochromaticity

English

Noun

monochromaticity (uncountable)

  1. the degree to which something is monochromatic
    • 2001 November 23, Patrick Gill, “ATOMIC CLOCKS: Raising the Standards”, in Science, volume 294, number 5547, DOI:10.1126/science.1066928, pages 1666-1668:
      The achievable frequency stability is proportional to the monochromaticity (or Q) of the absorption, so optical clocks promise better standards.