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tristimulus

tristimulus noun: a set of three stimuli, especially the red, green and blue components of colour vision.

Noun

tristimulus (plural tristimuli)

  1. A set of three stimuli, especially the red, green and blue components of colour vision.

Forms of tristimulus

pluraltristimuli

Origin of tristimulus

From tri- + stimulus.

Questions about tristimulus

What does tristimulus mean?
Tristimulus means a set of three stimuli, especially the red, green and blue components of colour vision.
What part of speech is tristimulus?
Tristimulus is a noun.
What is the plural of tristimulus?
The plural of tristimulus is tristimuli.

Words near tristimulus in the dictionary

  1. tristichopterids
  2. tristichous
  3. tristichs
  4. tristigmatic
  5. tristimuli
  6. tristimulus
  7. Tristin
  8. tristing
  9. tristitiate
  10. tristitiated
  11. tristness

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