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単色光 (たんしょっこう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

単たん色しょっ光こう

also: たんしょくこう

Meanings

1

noun

monochromatic light

Technical term in physics and optics for light consisting of a single wavelength or a very narrow band of wavelengths.

レーザーは単たん色しょっ光こうを発はっ生せいさせる。
Lasers produce monochromatic light.
単たん色しょっ光こうを使つかった実じっ験けんで、光ひかりの干かん渉しょうを観かん察さつした。
We observed light interference in an experiment using monochromatic light.

Written forms

単色光
- たんしょっこう
  Standard kanji spelling. The reading たんしょっこう is more common than たんしょくこう.
- たんしょくこう
  Alternate reading; less common but still used in some contexts.
たんしょくこう

Kanji

単simple, one, single
色color

光ray, light

Similar words

白はく色しょく光こう
White light, which contains a mixture of all visible wavelengths, as opposed to the single-wavelength nature of 単色光.
多た色しょっ光こう
Polychromatic light, consisting of multiple wavelengths; a direct contrast to monochromatic light.

Etymology

Compound of 単色 (single color) + 光 (light). The reading たんしょっこう reflects a common phonological contraction of たんしょくこう.