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color temperature
noun
Definition of COLOR TEMPERATURE
: the temperature at which a blackbody emits radiant energy competent to evoke a color the same as that evoked by radiant energy from a given source (as a lamp)
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First Known Use of COLOR TEMPERATURE
1916
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