gray

Definition of gray in English English dictionary: A surname; originally a nickname for someone with a gray beard or hair; grey; an achromatic colour
gray colour:.; an extraterrestrial creature with gray skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head; To become gray or cause to become gray
My hair is beginning to gray.; A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating. (Reference: Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 243.); In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed by a patient); one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patient's mass. Symbol: Gy; grey
It's a legal grey area. - It's a legal gray area.; {a} hoary, white mixed with black; an English surname; a nickname for someone with a gray beard or hair; gris; a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray; "the Confederate army was a vast gray"; (Gy) The SI unit for rads 1 Gy equals 100 rads; In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed by a patient); one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patients mass. Symbol: Gy; horse of a light grey or whitish color gray clothing; "he was dressed in gray" a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray; "the Confederate army was a vast gray" United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888) American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806) English poet best known for his elegy written in a country church-yard (1716-1771) turn gray; "Her hair began to gray" make gray; "The painter decided to grey the sky" an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white; "gray flannel suit"; "hair just turning gray" intermediate in character or position; "a gray area between clearly legal and strictly illegal" used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who wore gray uniforms); "a stalwart gray figure" showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head; Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary; used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who wore gray uniforms); "a stalwart gray figure"; Ames; This is the SI unit for absorbed dose of ionizing radiation 1Gy = 1 J/kg; the image of an extraterrestrial creature with gray skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head; American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806); horse of a light grey or whitish color; showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"; any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray; "the Confederate army was a vast gray"; see grey. American botanist who greatly enlarged and improved the description of North American flora and was the chief American advocate of Charles Darwin's theories. American explorer who twice circumnavigated the globe (1787-1790 and 1790-1793) and discovered Grays Harbor and the Columbia River (1792). British poet considered a forerunner of English romanticism. His most famous work is Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1751). The SI unit for the energy absorbed from ionizing radiation, equal to one joule per kilogram. the usual American spelling of grey. gray fox Gray Asa Gray Thomas Otis Harrison Gray Anne Gray Harvey; component replacement (GCR) A method for systematically replacing coloured inks by black ink in areas where dots of all three coloured inks are interspersed It begins by eliminating equal amounts of each ink The colour that remains is lighter, because the combination that was eliminated would have contributed a neutral gray The same neutral darkening can then be restored using black ink as a replacement GCR saves ink and can improve the quality of an image; Old; mature; as, gray experience; The SI unit of absorbed dose; 1 gray = 100 rads; showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head; Unit that measures the radiation dose (Gy) International health and safety authorities have endorsed the safety of irradiation for all foods up to a dose level of 10,000 Gy (10 kGy) One gray equals one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of food being irradiated; Is the unit used to describe the dose of radiation given; {i} achromatic color between black and white (also grey); – Gray scale images retain as much of the original information from the indices as possible The original index values are scaled from 0 to 200, 100 being an NDIV value of 0, with each increase or decrease of 1 indicating an increase or decrease of 01 in the original NDVI index These data should be used when doing analysis of change over time back to index; The modern unit of radiation dosage Doses used in treatment for early breast cancer range from 45 and 65 Gray See also rad; make gray; "The painter decided to grey the sky"; an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white; "gray flannel suit"; "hair just turning gray"; The SI unit for absorbed dose equal to an energy absorbed of one joule/kilogram in the stated medium; The new international system (SI) unit of absorbed radiation dose expressed in terms of energy per unit mass of tissue 1 gray = 1 Joule/kilogram and also equals 100 rad; White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove; horse of a light grey or whitish color gray clothing; "he was dressed in gray"; Delenglish | adronato; intermediate in character or position; "a gray area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"; English poet best known for his elegy written in a country church-yard (1716-1771); United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888); A measure of absorbed radiation dose One Gray equals 100 rads, in the older terminology; The SI unit of absorbed radiation dose, one joule per kilogram of tissue; turn gray; "Her hair began to gray"; A gray color; any mixture of white and black; also, a neutral or whitish tint; An animal or thing of gray color, as a horse, a badger, or a kind of salmon; The gray (Gy) is the unit of absorbed dose; The unit of measurement of absorbed dose It is the amount of radiation which deposits one joule of energy in one kilogram of material Replaces the rad : 1 Gy = 100 rad; a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black; {s} of the color gray; having gray hair; dark or gloomy; dull, uninteresting; indeterminate, unclear (also grey); United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888) American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806) English poet best known for his elegy written in a country church-yard (1716-1771) turn gray; "Her hair began to gray"; Unit of absorbed dose due to any type of radiation An exposure to 1 gray results from radiation depositing one joule per kilogram of animal tissue or any other material; A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating; {f} make gray; turn gray (mainly referring to hair); gray clothing; "he was dressed in gray"; darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a gray rainy afternoon"; "gray clouds"; "the sky was leaden and thick"; liard
Gray code: A binary (ie. "1"s and "0"s) coding system in which successive values differ in just one digit position
Gray codes: plural form of Gray code
gray area: A part that is not clear or certain; something that is open to interpretation
It's a gray area how much the rules permit you to use.
gray areas: plural form of gray area
gray hat: In the computer security community, a skilled hacker who sometimes acts legally and in good will and sometimes not. They are a hybrid between "white hat" and "black hat" hackers. They hack for no personal gain, and do not have malicious intentions, but do commit crimes
gray hats: plural form of gray hat
gray iron: An alloy of iron, carbon, and silicon that contains 1.7 to 4.5% carbon and 1 to 3% silicon
gray jay: A mostly gray bird, Perisoreus canadensis, that inhabits coniferous forests of North America
gray jay: Any bird of the genus Perisoreus
gray jays: plural form of gray jay
gray langur: A group of Old World monkeys, of the genus Semnopithecus, which are grey in colour, with a black face
gray market: Alternative spelling of grey market
gray markets: plural form of gray market
gray matter: Alternative spelling of grey matter
gray seal: Alternative spelling of grey seal
gray seals: plural form of gray seal
gray tape: duct tape, sometimes used even if the tape in question is not actually gray
Do you want the green gray tape or the red gray tape?.
gray water: Water that is not clean enough to be potable, such as having been used for washing, but not contaminated with fecal matter or other source of dangerous bacteria or dangerous or noxious materials
gray whale: A baleen whale, Eschrichtius robustus, from the north Pacific
gray wolf: Alternative spelling of grey wolf
gray wolves: plural form of gray wolf
gray-collar: Of or pertaining to working-class professions that do not involve significant manual labor, such as skilled technical professions, combining elements of blue-collar and white-collar
Vocational training reaches greater fractions of the labor force in nations like West Germany; large Japanese companies invest more heavily in job-related training for blue- and gray-collar employees than do American firms.
gray-haired: Having gray hair
gray-haired: Hence, figuratively, old, wise, experienced
gray goo: (Tıp, İlaç) Grey goo is a hypothetical end-of-the-world scenario involving molecular nanotechnology in which out-of-control self-replicating robots consume all living matter on Earth while building more of themselves (a scenario known as ecophagy)
gray market: (Ekonomi) A grey market or gray market also known as parallel market is the trade of a commodity through distribution channels which, while legal, are unofficial, unauthorized, or unintended by the original manufacturer. The term gray economy, however, refers to workers being paid under the table, without paying income taxes or contributing to such public services as Social Security and Medicare. It is sometimes referred to as the underground economy or "hidden economy."
Gray Friar: Franciscan Friar
Gray Monk: monk belonging to a Benedictine order
Gray's Inn: a London organization of law students and barristers and the buildings they use, which is one of the four Inns of Court
gray alder: native to Europe but introduced in America
gray area: vague realm or area, ambiguous field; position which is not totally legal and not totally illegal, area known to be problematic but that is not dealt with specifically
gray area: an intermediate area; a topic that is not clearly one thing or the other
gray birch: medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale gray bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second-growth forest tree
gray credit: credit borrowed from sources outside of the banking system at a very high interest rate
gray face: tired face, weary facial expression
gray flounder: flounder found from North Carolina to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico
gray fox: dark gray American fox; from Central America through southern United States
gray fox: Grizzled, gray-furred New World fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) found in forested, rocky, and brush-covered country from Canada to northern South America. Distinguished by the reddish color on its neck, ears, and legs, it grows to a length of about 20-30 in. (50-75 cm), excluding its 12-16-in. (30-40-cm) tail, and a weight of about 7-13 lbs (3-6 kg). Unlike other foxes, it commonly climbs trees. Primarily nocturnal, it takes a variety of foods, including small birds and mammals, insects, and fruits
gray goldenrod: a dyer's weed of Canada and the eastern United States having yellow flowers sometimes used in dyeing
gray hair: hair turned gray or white with age
gray haired: having silver-colored hair
gray hen: female black grouse
gray jay: gray jay of northern North America with black-capped head and no crest; noted for boldness in thievery
gray jay: A bird (Perisoreus canadensis) of North American conifer forests, having gray plumage and a black-capped head. Also called camp robber, Canada jay, moosebird, whiskey jack
gray kingbird: a kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical America; similar to but larger than the eastern kingbird
gray lemming: Old World lemming
gray market: - (See also Secondary Market and Capacity Sell Backs)
gray market: economic activity that is not illegal but is irregular (e.g. the selling of imports at unusually low prices)
gray market: an unofficial market in which goods are bought and sold at prices lower than the official price set by a regulatory agency
gray market: source of supply where hard to find items are bought at a high price for immediate sale
gray market: Describes the sale of securities that have not officially been issued to firms other than the underwriting syndicate This type of market serves as a good indicator of demand for a new issue in the public market
gray market: The sale of securities that have not officially been issued to firms other than the underwriting syndicate This type of market serves as a good indicator of demand for a new issue in the public market
gray market: The business of buying or selling goods, such as imports, at prices below those set by an official regulatory agency
gray market: A vehicle which was built for sale outside the U S These vehicles (usually built by Porsche, Mercedes, or BMW) do not meet U S standards regarding emission control, safety glass, lighting, etc
gray market: A solution to excess capacity wherein marketers and LDC shippers may bundle their unneeded capacity with additional service and sell the rebundled package to others
gray market: Purchases and sales of eurobonds that occur before the issue price is finally set
gray market: A marketplace where goods are bought internationally and then resold to customers domestically, usually at a price far below the domestic price
gray market: Importing camera equipment outside of the normal manufacturer's distribution channels to take advantage of lower prices elsewhere in the world
gray matter: {i} neural tissue of the brain and spinal cord containing both nerve fibers and nerve cell bodies
gray ox: {i} kouprey, rare wild ox with short hair and large dewlap that inhabits the forests of Indochina
gray polypody: fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds grayish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa
gray poplar: large rapidly growing poplar with faintly lobed dentate leaves gray on the lower surface; native to Europe but introduced and naturalized elsewhere
gray scale: A range of grays with regular density intervals from white to black A gray scale image is an image that contains various levels (or shades) of gray
gray scale: A strip of light to dark gray tones placed at the side of original copy when photographed to measure tonal range (gamma) and contrast
gray scale: Gray scale can be viewed as a degenerate case of pseudo color, in which case the red, green, and blue values in any given color map entry are equal, thus producing shades of gray The gray values can be changed dynamically
gray scale: A series of 256 tones raging from pure white to pure black
gray scale: Variations of values from white, through shades of gray, to black in a digitized image with black assigned the value of zero and white the value of one
gray scale: An optical pattern consisting of discrete steps or shades of gray between black and white (188)
gray scale: The range of tones, from bright white to pitch black that can be reproduced in a film and print
gray scale: series of shades of gray between black and white
gray scale: An image containing shades of gray as well as black and white
gray scale: Generally refers to a monochrome ordering of 256 shades between black and white which are assigned to raster picture elements (pixels) according to reflected light, heat, and/or other relative intensity measurements Most common digital display option for scanned black and white orthophotos
gray scale: A strip of standard gray tones ranging from white to black, to measure the tonal range obtained during photography or plate exposure See also: Sensitivity Guide to top
gray scale: 1 As applied to an image, composed of (discrete) shades of gray If the pixels of a gray-scale image have n bits, they may take values from zero, representing black, up to 2-1, representing white Intermediate values represent increasingly light shades of gray If n=1, the image is not called gray-scale but black-and-white (or a line drawing) 2 A range of accurately known shades of gray printed out for use in calibrating those shades on a display or printer
gray scale: Used for the transmission of photos and can have 16/32/64 gray levels
gray scale: A scale of gray tones ranging from pure white to pure black
gray scale: The tonal range from a very light gray (1% dot) up to solid black (100% dot) in increments of 1%
gray scale: A color space where colors are represented by their luminance values only, i e saturation and hue are zero
gray scale: a strip of standard gray tones ranging from white to black, places at the side of original copy during photography to measure tonal range and contrast obtained
gray scale: A range of gray tones from black to white used to create an image
gray scale: a "color" scheme with a gradation of gray tones ranging from black to white
gray scale: A range of shades of gray in an image Gray scales of scanners are determined by the number of grays, or values between black and white, that they can recognize and reproduce
gray scale: a reflection or transmission scale of gray tones in steps from clear or white at one end to black at the other, with steps in-between showing evenly intensified series of gray tones (It is attached to the original design or copy to determine accuracy of exposure and uniformity of color separations Patches of yellow, cyan and magenta are included with the scale when photographing for color separations); also referred to as gray or step wedge
gray scale: Strip of gray values ranging from white to black Used by process camera and scanner operators to calibrate exposure times for film and plates Also called step wedge
gray scale: A strip of standard gray tones, ranging from white to black, placed at the side of original copy during photography to measure tonal range and contrast (gamma) obtained
gray scale: A series of 256 shades of gray ranging from pure white to pure black
gray scale: The spectrum (range) of shades of black of an image
gray scale: A scale showing the full range of gray tones between pure white and solid black While most computer software used today recognizes 256 levels of gray, the human eye can only see 80 to 100 levels
gray scale monitor: screen which can on display shades of gray
gray scale scanner: device which converts pictures on paper into graphic information in shades of grey
gray skate: common European skate used as food
gray snapper: found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida
gray sole: grayish-white flesh of a flatfish
gray squirrel: A common squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) of eastern North America, having grayish or blackish fur
gray whale: medium-sized grayish-black whale of the northern Pacific
gray whale: A whalebone whale (Eschrichtius robustus) of northern Pacific waters, having grayish-black coloring with white blotches. Also called devilfish
gray willow: Eurasian shrubby willow with whitish tomentose twigs
gray wolf: A large, tawny gray wolf (Canis lupus) that formerly occupied diverse habitats throughout northern North America and Eurasia but now lives in fewer, more limited areas because of human encroachment. Also called timber wolf
gray wolf: brindled gray wolf of forested northern regions of North America
gray-headed: gray-haired, having hair which has turned white or gray with age
great gray owl: large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia
Grey: A surname, alternative spelling of Gray
all cats are gray at night: Variant of all cats are grey in the dark
all cats are gray in the dark: Variant of all cats are grey in the dark
blackish-gray antshrike: A passerine bird of the antbird family
blackish-gray antshrikes: plural form of blackish-gray antshrike
cool gray: A light gray colour
cool gray colour:.
cool gray: Of a light gray colour
grey: Having a grey colour, as the ash of an ember
grey: An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white
grey colour:.
grey: an extraterrestrial creature with greyish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head
grey: Having an indistinct or disputed quality
iron gray: Of a dark grey colour, with a tint of green
iron gray: A dark grey colour, with a tint of green
iron gray colour:.
periaqueductal gray: The region surrounding the aqueduct of sylvius in the midbrain
periaqueductal gray: A region of gray matter with descending pathways which inhibit pain signals in the spinal cord
grayish: {a} somewhat gray
grayness: {n} a grey quality or state
grey: {a} hoary, white mixed with black
greyness: {n} a grey quality or state
duck duck gray duck: (Oyunlar) Duck, duck, goose (called Duck, Duck, Gray Duck in Minnesota) is a traditional children's game often first learned in pre-school or kindergarten
Asa Gray: born Nov. 18, 1810, Sauquoit, N.Y., U.S. died Jan. 30, 1888, Cambridge, Mass. U.S. botanist. He received a medical degree from Fairfield Medical School, where he spent his spare time studying plant specimens. He collaborated with John Torrey (1796-1873) on Flora of North America (1838-43) and in 1842 joined the faculty at Harvard University, where he would teach until 1873. His donation of his thousands of books and plant specimens established Harvard's botany department. Gray was largely responsible for the unification of the taxonomic knowledge of the North American flora; his most widely used book, commonly called Gray's Manual (1848), remains a standard work. He was the chief early American supporter of the theories of Charles Darwin
Dorian Gray: the main character in the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. the main character in the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Grey: an English surname, alternative spelling of Gray
Harrison Gray Otis: born Oct. 8, 1765, Boston, Mass. died Oct. 28, 1848, Boston, Mass., U.S. U.S. politician. A nephew of James Otis, he practiced law and served in the Massachusetts legislature (1796-97, 1802-05), the U.S. House of Representatives (1797-1801), the state senate (1805-13, 1814-17), and the U.S. Senate (1817-22). He was later mayor of Boston (1829-32). A Federalist, he opposed the War of 1812 and was a leader of the Hartford Convention
Oxford gray: medium to dark gray
Picture of Dorian Gray: a novel by Oscar Wilde about a beautiful young man, Dorian Gray, who has a painting of himself that he keeps in the attic (=a room under the roof) of his house. Dorian Gray's own face remains young and beautiful, but the face in the painting looks older and more ugly as Gray becomes more and more evil and immoral (1891)
Thomas Gray: an English poet whose best-known work, Elegy written in a Country Churchyard, is usually called Gray's Elegy (1716-71). born Dec. 26, 1716, London, Eng. died July 30, 1771, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire British poet. He studied and later settled at Cambridge, where he wrote poems of wistful melancholy filled with truisms phrased in striking, quotable lines. Though his output was small, he became the dominant poetic figure in his day. He is remembered especially for "An Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard" (1751), one of the best known of English lyric poems and the greatest work of the English "graveyard school." After its overwhelming success, his next two poems met a disappointing response, and he virtually ceased writing
african gray: commonly domesticated gray parrot with red-and-black tail and white face; native to equatorial Africa
ash gray: a light shade of gray
ash-gray: pale gray; ash-colored
dapple-gray: gray with a mottled pattern of darker gray markings
dwarf gray willow: willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath
eastern gray squirrel: common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America; now introduced into England
grayed: deprived of color; "colors dulled by too much sun"; "grayed with the dust of the road"
grayer: comparative of gray
grayest: superlative of gray
graying: act of turning gray in color
grayish: an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white; "gray flannel suit"; "hair just turning gray"
grayish: {s} somewhat gray, ashen
grayness: a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
grayness: The quality of being gray
grayness: {i} quality of being gray in color
grayness: The state of being gray
grays: plural of gray
grey: gray
It's a legal gray area. - It's a legal grey area.
grey: dreary, gloomy
grey: To become grey or cause to become grey
grey: grey greyer greyest in AM, use gray
grey: {f} make grey; turn grey (mainly referring to hair)
grey: darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a gray rainy afternoon"; "gray clouds"; "the sky was leaden and thick"
grey: Grey is the colour of ashes or of clouds on a rainy day. a grey suit
grey: You use grey to describe the colour of people's hair when it changes from its original colour, usually as they get old. my grey hair Eddie was going grey
grey: {s} of the color grey; having grey hair; dark or gloomy; dull, uninteresting; indeterminate, unclear (also gray)
grey: used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who wore gray uniforms); "a stalwart gray figure"
grey: Journalists sometimes use grey to describe things concerning old people. There was further evidence of grey consumer power last week, when Ford revealed a car designed with elderly people in mind. British politician who as prime minister (1830-1834) implemented parliamentary and social reforms, notably the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire. Queen of England for nine days (1553). Proclaimed queen on the death of Edward VI (July 10, 1553), she was imprisoned after her short reign, replaced by the popular Mary Tudor, later Mary I, and subsequently beheaded for treason. American writer of Western adventure novels, including Riders of the Purple Sage (1912). Variant of gray. gray the colour of dark clouds, neither black nor white. De Grey River Grey Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey Lady Jane Grey Sir Edward 3rd Baronet Grey Zane Pearl Grey
grey: Englishman who as Prime minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)
grey: showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
grey: an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white; "gray flannel suit"; "hair just turning gray"
grey: any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray; "the Confederate army was a vast gray"
grey: make gray; "The painter decided to grey the sky"