Land effect

noun

The capacity to see full-color (if muted) images solely by looking at a photograph with red and gray wavelengths.

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Meanings

nounLand effect (plural Land effects)

plural Land effects

  1. The capacity to see full-color (if muted) images solely by looking at a photograph with red and gray wavelengths.

Origin

Discovered by Edwin H. Land.

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APA

Land effect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Land%20effect

MLA

“Land effect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Land%20effect. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Land effect,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Land%20effect.

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