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olo

UK/ˈəʊləʊ//ˈoʊloʊ/

olo noun: a highly saturated impossible color shade of blue-green produced by directly stimulating the "m" ("green") cone cells, approximating the below.

Noun

olo (uncountable)

  1. A highly saturated impossible color shade of blue-green produced by directly stimulating the "m" ("green") cone cells, approximating the below

Proper noun capitalized: Olo

Olo

  1. A barangay of Siquijor, Siquijor, Philippines.

Origin of olo

From the binary number 010 (but converting the digits 0 and 1 to the letters "o" and "l"), representing the activation of the middle-wavelength (m) cone cell type, colloquially known as the green cone cells, while not activating the short (s) blue cones or long (l) red cones.

Questions about olo

What does olo mean?
Olo means a highly saturated impossible color shade of blue-green produced by directly stimulating the "m" ("green") cone cells, approximating the below.
What part of speech is olo?
Olo can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce olo?
Olo is pronounced /ˈəʊləʊ/ (UK).

Words near olo in the dictionary

  1. Olney's bulrush
  2. Olney's bulrushes
  3. Olney's lesions
  4. Olneys
  5. Olneyville
  6. olo
  7. Olocuilta
  8. olodaterol
  9. Olof
  10. Olofsson
  11. ologamasid

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