amok: "In color reproduction and colorimetry, a gamut, or color gamut /ˈɡæmət/, is a convex set containing the colors that can be accurately represented, i.e. reproduced by an output device (e.g. printer or display) or measured by an input device (e.g. camera or visual system). Devices with a larger gamut can represent more colors. Similarly, gamut may also refer to the colors within a defined color space, which is not linked to a specific device. A trichromatic gamut is often visualized as a color triangle. A less common usage defines gamut as the subset of colors contained within an image, scene or video."
There you go, that didn't take too much more effort, did it? *grin* (You didn't cite your reference, despite using direct quotation marks. That's a little odd.)
Perhaps I will investigate this teleological derivative of the root, later; I am more interested in origins — for now. At least others may do so, so, look at how useful your contribution has become!
Tangent:
This is an example of the
Variability of Big Data. (There are
Seven Vs that describe data when it accumulates:
Volume, obviously,
Velocity of the accumulation,
Variety of data storage format (structured, semi- and quasi-structured), its objective accuracy or
Veracity, its use for
Visualization (in Business Intelligence) and its concomitant
Value.)
Supplemental:
As semeioticians have noted, the power of symbols lies in their disconnection from reality. (We, humans with symbolic brains, give these tokens their meanings. This is why they can and do change over time.)
Edit: typo
