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- Dictionarycolourless/ˈkʌlələs/
adjective
- 1. (especially of a gas or liquid) without colour: "a colourless liquid" Similar Opposite
- 2. lacking distinctive character or interest; dull: "the book is rather colourless, like its author" Similar Opposite
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3 days ago · In small quantities water appears colourless, but water actually has an intrinsic blue colour caused by the slight absorption of light at red wavelengths. For larger bodies of water—ponds, rivers , lakes , and oceans—water appears blue on clear days because it mirrors the blueness of the sky.
- Structures of Ice
Water - Structures, Ice, Crystals: In the solid state (ice),...
- Physical Properties
Water - Properties, Structure, Chemistry: Water has several...
- Heavy Water
Heavy water is water composed of deuterium, the hydrogen...
- Hard Water
hard water, water that contains salts of calcium and...
- Boiling
Other articles where boiling is discussed: geyser: …that has...
- Surface Tension
Surface tension depends mainly upon the forces of attraction...
- Deuterium
deuterium, isotope of hydrogen with a nucleus consisting of...
- Absorption
Summarize this Article absorption, in wave motion, the...
- Structures of Ice
3 days ago · At room temperature, it is a colourless gas, like all of the hydrogen halides except hydrogen fluoride, since hydrogen cannot form strong hydrogen bonds to the large and only mildly electronegative iodine atom. It melts at −51.0 °C and boils at −35.1 °C.
3 days ago · Ammonia is a colourless gas with a characteristically pungent smell. It is lighter than air, its density being 0.589 times that of air. It is easily liquefied due to the strong hydrogen bonding between molecules.
2 days ago · Natural gas, colorless highly flammable gaseous hydrocarbon consisting primarily of methane and ethane. It is a type of petroleum that commonly occurs in association with crude oil. It is widely used as a fuel and is especially important in the generation of electricity.
4 days ago · Acetic acid / ə ˈ s iː t ɪ k /, systematically named ethanoic acid / ˌ ɛ θ ə ˈ n oʊ ɪ k /, is an acidic, colourless liquid and organic compound with the chemical formula CH 3 COOH (also written as CH 3 CO 2 H, C 2 H 4 O 2, or HC 2 H 3 O 2).
4 days ago · This suggests that the rods give only achromatic, or colourless, vision, and that it is the cones that permit wavelength discrimination. The photochromatic interval for long wavelengths (red light) is about zero, which means that the intensity required to reach the sensation of light is the same as that to reach the sensation of colour.
4 days ago · Lesley says that normal discharge is usually colourless, white, or cream-coloured, and tends to be odourless but should not smell offensive. Sometimes your discharge might be tinged with red, pink, yellow, green, or brown though.
