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Look up: Yellow

  1. yellow
    [adj] - changed to a yellowish color by age 2. [adj] - cowardly or treacherous 3. [adj] - similar to the color of an egg yolk 4. [n] - the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons 5. [v] - turn yellow
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Yellow
    A language from SRI proposed to meet the Ironman requirements which led to Ada. ["On the YELLOW Language Submitted to the DoD", E.W. Dijkstra, SIGPLAN Notices 13(10):22-26, Oct 1978]. (1994-11-09)
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  3. yellow
    one of the primary colors in process printing Category: Printing and publishing • the red-green colour reflected or transmitted by a surface which absorbs blue, also known for this reason as minus blue. Category: General
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Yellow
    A subtractive primary, and one of the four process ink colours; yellow reflects red and green light, and absorbs blue.
    Found on http://www.rodsmith.org.uk/photographic%

  5. Yellow
    Yel"low adjective [ Compar. Yellower ; superl. Yellowest .] [ Middle English yelow , yelwe , ʒelow , ʒeoluw , from Anglo-Saxon geolu ; akin to Dutch geel , Old Saxon & Old High German gelo , German gelb , Icelandic gulr , Swedish gul , Danish g …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/Y/3

  6. Yellow
    Yel"low noun 1. A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green. "A long motley coat guarded with yellow ." Shak. 2. A yellow pigment. Cadmium yellow , Chrome yellow , Indigo yellow , King's yellow , etc. See under Cadmium
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/Y/3

  7. Yellow
    Yel"low transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Yellowed ; present participle & verbal noun Yellowing .] To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow.

    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/Y/3

  8. Yellow
    Yel"low intransitive verb To become yellow or yellower.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/Y/3

  9. Yellow
    Yel"low adjective 1. Cowardly; hence, dishonorable; mean; contemptible; as, he has a yellow streak. [ Slang] 2. Sensational; -- said of some newspapers, their makers, etc.; as, yellow journal, journalism, etc. [ Colloq.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/Y/3

  10. yellow
    Being of a bright saffronlike colour; of the colour of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green. "Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress." (Chaucer) "A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf." (Milton) "Th …
    Found on http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?y

  11. yellow
    yellowed adjective changed to a yellowish color by age; `yellowed parchment`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. yellow
    yellowish adjective of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
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  13. yellow
    adjective cowardly or treacherous; `the little yellow stain of treason`-M.W.Straight; `too yellow to stand and fight`
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  14. yellow
    yellowness noun yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. Yellow
    `Yellow` is the color evoked by light that stimulates both the `L` and `M` (long- and medium-wavelength) cone cells of the retina about equally, but does not significantly stimulate the `S` (short-wavelength) cone cells; that is, light with much red and green but not very much blue. Light with a wavelength of 570-580 nm is yellow, as is light with a suitable mixture of somewhat longer and shorter wavelengths. Yellow's traditional RYB complementar...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow

  16. Yellow
    `Yellow` is the color evoked by light that stimulates both the `L` and `M` (long- and medium-wavelength) cone cells of the retina about equally, but does not significantly stimulate the `S` (short-wavelength) cone cells; that is, light with much red and green but not very much blue. Light with a wavelength of 570-580 nm is yellow, as is light with a suitable mixture of somewhat longer and shorter wavelengths. Yellow's traditional RYB complementar...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow

  17. yellow
    (yel´o) a color between orange and green, produced by energy of wavelengths between 570 and 590 nm. a dye or stain with this color. visual yellow all-transretinal.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  18. Yellow
    • (a.) Sensational; -- said of some newspapers, their makers, etc.; as, yellow journal, journalism, etc. • (a.) Cowardly; hence, dishonorable; mean; contemptible; as, he has a yellow streak. • (n.) A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the ora...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  19. yellow
    (from the article `colour`) ...cyan. An image that absorbs only green light transmits both blue light and red light, and its colour is magenta. The blue-absorbing image ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/y/6

  20. yellow
    A color occupying a position in the spectrum between green and orange. For individual yellow dyes see specific name. Syn: yellow precipitate [A.S. geolu]
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