whiteness

CEFRB1

/ˈwaɪtnəs/

noun

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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[Snow] may […] exchange its whiteness for yellowness, without losing its right to be called snow; […]
Despite this criticism, this check for whiteness of a time series enjoys much popularity as it is very easy to carry out.

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[Snow] may […] exchange its whiteness for yellowness, without losing its right to be called snow; […]
1666, Robert Boyle, Origin of Forms and Qualities according to the Corpuscular Philosophy
Despite this criticism, this check for whiteness of a time series enjoys much popularity as it is very easy to carry out.
2005, Helmut Lütkepohl, New Introduction to Multiple Time Series Analysis, page 161
As a white body, I have not had to face my whiteness; insofar as the world is oriented around whiteness, I rarely have to turn my attention back onto myself, as do the black and brown bodies that are “stopped” or “held up” for being out of place […]
2013, Shelley M. Park, Mothering Queerly, Queering Motherhood, page 42

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Inherited from Middle English whitenesse, whitnesse, whytnesse, hwitnesse, from Old English hwītnes (“whiteness”), equivalent to white + -ness.