whitenesses

Noun

whiteness (countable and uncountable, plural whitenesses)

1. The state or quality of being white (all senses).
   • [Snow] may […] exchange its whiteness for yellowness, without losing its right to be called snow; […]1666, Robert Boyle, Origin of Forms and Qualities according to the Corpuscular Philosophy
2. (capitalized, often) The quality of being white (in the racial sense).
   • As a white body, I have not had to face my whiteness; insofar as the world is oriented around whiteness, I rarely have to turn my attention back onto myself, as do the black and brown bodies that are “stopped” or “held up” for being out of place […]2013, Shelley M. Park, Mothering Queerly, Queering Motherhood, page 42
3. The quality of being white noise.
   • Despite this criticism, this check for whiteness of a time series enjoys much popularity as it is very easy to carry out.2005, Helmut Lütkepohl, New Introduction to Multiple Time Series Analysis, page 161