coloration

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The act or art of coloring.
The quality of being colored.
A notational device for indicating hemiola through either use of red ink (in mensural black notation) or black noteheads (in mensural white notation).
Ornamental division (also called passaggi, glosas, diminutions. etc.) employing rapid black notes.
Political tendency.
This when a consonant bleeds one of the qualities to the next vowel before the consonant disappears. This can describe PIE Laryngeal Theory.

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coloration colorations colorification colouration

From French coloration, from Latin colōrātiō.

diatonic chromatic coloratura

bicoloration colorational miscoloration obliterative coloration recoloration warning coloration

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