gray´ness

gray´ness
gray «gray», noun, adjective, verb.
–noun.
1. a color made by mixing black and white.
2. a gray pigment or dye.
3. gray cloth or clothing.
4. a gray horse.
5. gray or subdued light: »

In the gray of the daybreak (Longfellow).

6. something gray.
7. person wearing gray.
8. an international unit for measuring absorbed doses of radiation, equal to 1 joule per kilogram. It is intended to replace the rad. »

Among the SI's derived units with special names are those for…absorbed dose of radiation (the gray, or joules per kilogram) (Scientific American).

–adjective.
1. having a color between black and white: »

Ashes, lead, and hair becoming white with age are all gray.

2. having gray hair. SYNONYM(S): grizzled.
3. Figurative. old; ancient. SYNONYM(S): hoary.
4. Figurative. dark; gloomy; dismal: »

a gray day, a gray existence.

SYNONYM(S): leaden.
5. Figurative. a) not clearly defined or identified: »

a gray area.

b) not fully acceptable or legal: »

the gray market.

6. wearing gray, as the Cistercian monks and others do.
–transitive verb, intransitive verb.
to make gray; become gray: »

The decrease in the blood delivered to his head causes first a “graying” of his vision, then total blackness (Scientific American).

Also, especially British, grey.
[Old English græg]
gray´ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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