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color temperature

The correct spelling is color temperature.

How to pronounce color temperature

noun

Say it like: Col-or -tem-per-ach-er

The correct spelling is color temperature. A property of a light source: the temperature of an ideal black body radiator that radiates light of a color comparable to that of the light source. For example: "The typical color temperature of a standard incandescent lamp is about 2400 K."

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The typical color temperature of a standard incandescent lamp is about 2400 K.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.A property of a light source: the temperature of an ideal black body radiator that radiates light of a color comparable to that of the light source.

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