panchromatic

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GeoEye-1 will have the highest resolution of any commercial imaging system and be able to collect images with a ground resolution of 0. 41-meters in the panchromatic or black and white mode.

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  1. adjective Sensitive to all colors: panchromatic film.

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  • This would not be in full colour at highest resolution, as to get down to such a small size the images would need to be captured in panchromatic mode, which is a fancy name for black and white. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Designed to take color images of the Earth from 423 miles (681 kilometers) in space and moving at a speed of about four-and-a-half miles (seven kilometers) per second, the satellite will make 15 earth orbits per day and collect imagery with its ITT-built imaging system that can distinguish objects on the Earth's surface as small as 0. 41-meters (16 inches) in size in the panchromatic (black and white) mode. —  NASASpaceFlight.com
  • GeoEye-1 will have the highest resolution of any commercial imaging system, capable of collecting images with a ground resolution of 16 inches (.41 meters) in panchromatic —  Latest Articles
  • The company that took the photograph, DigitalGlobe, describes it as "a panchromatic, 50 centimeter (1.6 foot) high-resolution WorldView-1 satellite image showing the rocket launch from the Musudan Ri launch facility, formerly known as Taepo-dong." —  The Lede
  • GeoEye-1 will have the highest resolution of any commercial imaging system and be able to collect images with a ground resolution of 0. 41-meters in the panchromatic or black and white mode. —  Macsimum News
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  1. Greek -πας (παν-), all, + χρῶμα(τ-), color, + -ic.
 

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