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IMA Chapter 5
IMA Chapter 5
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10/02/2006

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Additive Color Process
Definition
the method of creating color by mixing various proportions of two or three distinct colors of light
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Amplitude
Definition
degree of brightness of light
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Candela
Definition
the root quantity ascribed to most ighting measurment equipment
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Electro Magnetic Spectrum
Definition
radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma rays.
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Foot Candle
Definition
the measure of light intensity or reflected light
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Gamma Rays
Definition
highest on the EM scale. emitted by radioactive material.
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Hue
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color, dominant wavelength present in light or the reflection of which that is percieved
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Infrared Waves
Definition
waves most closly associated with thermal energy.
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Lumen
Definition
unit of measure often used to refer to a direct light source
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Lux
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the designation for light demonstrating a standard illumination of one lumen per square meter
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Maritime
Definition
wireless radios were limited to this kind of use,ex. strictly broadcasting morse code
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Microwaves
Definition
heat food and used in pager and cell phone transmissions
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Pigment
Definition
a filter that absorbs certain colors
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Radio Waves
Definition
have a low frequency and long wavelength. Radio broadcasts, garage door openers, remote controlled toys.
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Saturation
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the brightness of a color. the amount of light concentrated at a particular wavelength.
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Speed of light
Definition
139,809 miles per second
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Temperature
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the level of a colors percieved whiteness
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Ultra Violet Ray
Definition
Rays from the sun that tan, burn, and in some cases gives humans cancer
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UVA
Definition
penetrates the skin of a human
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UVB
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causes sunburn
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UVC
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absorbed by the ozone layer
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Visible light
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red,orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
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Wavelength
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if the lwavelength measurement decreases, the amount of energy increases
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Wireless Teleophony
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Nikola Tesla was the first to forsee wireless teleophony. Guglielmo Marconi patented the wireless radio in 1896
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