Gamut \Gam"ut\, n. [F. gamme + ut the name of a musical note. F.
gamme is fr. the name of the Greek letter ?, which was used
by Guido d'Arezzo to represent the first note of his model
scale. See Gamma, and Ut.] (Mus.)
The scale.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Scale \Scale\, n. [L. scalae, pl., scala staircase, ladder; akin
to scandere to climb. See Scan; cf. Escalade.]
1. A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending. [Obs.]
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2. Hence, anything graduated, especially when employed as a
measure or rule, or marked by lines at regular intervals.
Specifically:
(a) A mathematical instrument, consisting of a slip of
wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets of spaces
graduated and numbered on its surface, for measuring
or laying off distances, etc., as in drawing,
plotting, and the like. See Gunter's scale.
(b) A series of spaces marked by lines, and representing
proportionately larger distances; as, a scale of
miles, yards, feet, etc., for a map or plan.
(c) A basis for a numeral system; as, the decimal scale;
the binary scale, etc.
(d) (Mus.) The graduated series of all the tones,
ascending or descending, from the keynote to its
octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated
through any number of octaves. See Chromatic scale,
Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale,
under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor.
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3. Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps
and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative
rank or order; as, a scale of being.
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There is a certain scale of duties . . . which for
want of studying in right order, all the world is in
confusion. --Milton.
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4. Relative dimensions, without difference in proportion of
parts; size or degree of the parts or components in any
complex thing, compared with other like things;
especially, the relative proportion of the linear
dimensions of the parts of a drawing, map, model, etc., to
the dimensions of the corresponding parts of the object
that is represented; as, a map on a scale of an inch to a
mile.
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Scale of chords, a graduated scale on which are given the
lengths of the chords of arcs from 0[deg] to 90[deg] in a
circle of given radius, -- used in measuring given angles
and in plotting angles of given numbers of degrees.
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gamut
n 1: a complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut
of emotions"
2: the entire scale of musical notes
WordNet (r) 2.0
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "gamut":
Indian file, array, articulation, bank, buzz, carry, catena,
catenation, chain, chain reaction, chaining, chromatic scale,
compass, concatenation, connection, consecution, continuum, course,
cycle, descent, diapason, dodecuple scale, drone, endless belt,
endless round, enharmonic scale, field, file, filiation, gradation,
great scale, hum, line, lineage, major scale, melodic minor,
minor scale, monotone, nexus, octave scale, pendulum,
pentatonic scale, periodicity, plenum, powder train, progression,
queue, radius, range, rank, reach, recurrence, register,
reticulation, rotation, round, routine, row, run, scale, scope,
sequence, series, single file, spectrum, spread, stretch, string,
succession, swath, sweep, temperament, thread, tier, train, tuning,
whole-tone scale, windrow
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
gamut
The gamut of a monitor is the set of colours it can display.
There are some colours which can't be made up of a mixture of
red, green and blue phosphor emissions and so can't be
displayed by any monitor.
[Examples?]
(1994-11-29)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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Every color combination that is possible to produce with a given set of colorants on a given device or system.
http://www.rockprint.com/dictionary.shtml
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The limited range of colors provided by a specific input device, output device, or pigment set.
http://www.globalimaginginc.com/resources/glossary.shtml
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The range of colors that a device can reproduce. The naked eye, the camera, the computer monitor, and the four-color printing press all have different color gamuts. The eyes range has the widest gamut and the printing press has the narrowest.
http://www.teleplex.net/jr/www3.teleplex.net%5Cprinter/glossary_g.htm
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The range of colors that can be interpreted by a color model or generated by a specific device.
http://www.inkcartridgesworld.com/_glossary.html
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The entire range of perceived color that may be obtained under specified conditions.
http://www.cs.rit.edu/~ncs/color/glossary.htm
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Normally refers to the full range of colors available in a color space. The gamut varies with resource: photographic film, printing inks, color displays, etc. A 24 bit color system has a gamut of 16 million different colors. Moving between systems with different color gamuts will require quantization.
http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/rbf/GRDICT/grdict.htm
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A term referring to the range of available color on a display or printer. A particular color is either in or out of the gamut of the device. If outside, it cannot be accurately shown on that display or printed on that output device. (Each device has its own gamut capabilities.)
http://www.binarygraphics.com/glossary/color.html
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This is the range of colours that are available in an image or output process. Gamut is generally used in describing the capabilities of a printer to reproduce colours accurately and vibrantly.
http://www.all-things-photography.com/digital-dictionary.html
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The range of available colours that is reproducible on a specific output device. The gamut of a printer will be different for different ink/paper/profile combinations.
http://www.colourguru.com/glossary.html
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The range of colors that can be captured or represented by a device. When a color is outside a device's gamut, the device represents that color as some other color.
http://www.dpia.org/glossary/g.html
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the scale, or rudiments of music.
http://lib0131.lib.msu.edu/dmc/ssb/public/all/sacredharp/harp.html
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A measure of the range of colours that a device, such as a printer, is capable of reproducing.
http://www.fotoserve.com/glossary/g.html
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The total range of colors produced by a device. A color is said to be "out of gamut" when its position in one device's color space cannot be directly translated into another device's color space. For example, the total range of colors that can be reproduced with ink on coated paper is greater than that for uncoated newsprint, so the total gamut for uncoated newsprint is said to be smaller than the gamut for coated stock. A typical CMYK gamut is generally smaller than a typical RGB gamut.
http://www.startphoto.com/learn/glossary/glossary_g-gn.htm
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The range of colors that can be produced by combining a set of basic colors. Computer screens use the RGB (Red, Green, Blue) gamut. Combining all three colors at 100% produces White. Print work uses the CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, blacK) gamut. Combining CMY at 100% yields black. A pure black is used for solid black areas because the results are superior to the “combined” black. The RGB and CMYK gamuts overlap, but not completely. ...
http://www.spinergymedia.com/Resources/IndustryGlossary.aspx
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The range of voltages allowed for a video signal, or a component of a video signal. Signal voltages outside of the range (ie, exceeding the gamut) may lead to clipping, crosstalk or other distortions.
http://www.retailspy.com/html/tech/glossary.htm
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a complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut of emotions"
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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In computer graphics, the gamut, or color gamut, is a certain complete subset of colors. The most common usage refers to the subset of colors which can be accurately represented in a given circumstance, such as within a given color space or by a certain output device. Another sense, less frequently used but not less correct, refers to the complete set of colors found within an image at a given time. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamut
color gamut, colour gamut, enhanced gamut color, expanded gamut color, gamut compression, gamut limit, gamut mapping, gamut or workspace, gamut simulation
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