单词 | colour index |
释义 | colour index(US color index) noun 1 Medicine the ratio of the quantity of haemoglobin to the number of red blood cells present in a blood sample (now rare ). 2 Astronomy a number representative of the colour (and hence the temperature) of a star, equal to the difference in its magnitude (brightness) at two chosen wavelengths, typically blue and green-yellow, or ultraviolet and blue. 3 Geology a number expressing the percentage of dark-coloured minerals (typically ferromagnesian ones) in an igneous rock. OriginMid 19th century; earliest use found in British Journal Homoeopathy. |
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