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  1. noun The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between orange and green, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 570 to 590 nanometers; any of a group of colors of a hue resembling that of ripe lemons and varying in lightness and saturation; one of the subtractive primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.
  2. noun A pigment or dye having this hue.
  3. noun Something that has this hue.
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  • Maybe the yellow was a thematic element in the performance. —  InterzoneScienceFictionandFantasyMagazine#216
  • They were dressed in brilliant yellow--yellow boots, skin-tight trousers, neat jackets and skull caps. —  070 - The Devil Genghis
  • The length of the yellow is the single most important factor in determining the financial success of a photo enforcement program, according to documents obtained from a red light camera vendor in 2001. —  The Truth About Cars
  • McDonald said a witness reported a suspicious vehicle, described as a yellow or cream-colored four-door sedan, leaving the alley shortly after the crime.
  • Best to double check with a voltmeter, but I think the yellow is the +12V. —  Make - All Discussions
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  1. Middle English yelow, from Old English geolu; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also dial. yullow, yallow, yaller, etc.; from Middle English yelow, yelowe, yelwe, ʒelwe, ʒelowe, yohwe, ʒelu, etc., also ʒalow, yalu, etc., from Anglo-Saxon geolu, geolo (geolw-) = Old Saxon gelo = Middle Dutch ghelu, Dutch geel = Old High German gelo (gelw-), Middle High German gel (gelw-), German gelb = lcel. gulr = Swedish Danish gul, yellow, = Latin helvus, light-yellow; akin to Greek χλόη, verdure, χλωρός, yellowish-green, Old Bulgarian zelenǔ, yellow, green, Lithuanian zalias, green, Sanskrit hari, yellow: see chlor-, gold. Perhaps also akin to Greek χολή = Latin fel, bile, gall, = English gall: see gall.
  2. from yellow, adjective
 

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