Drainage basin. Example of a drainage basin. The dashed line is the main water divide of the hydrographic basin. A drainage basin or catchment area is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water.
Word Origin and History for monochrome Expand. n. 1660s, painting or drawing done in different tints of a single color, from Greek monochromos of a single color, from monos single, alone (see mono-) + khroma (genitive khromatos) color, complexion, skin (see chroma). As an adjective from 1849. Photographic sense is recorded from 1940.
modified monovision is a method of achieving monovision using bifocal contact lenses in which the powers, lens fit or other lens parameters are modified to emphasize distance vision for one eye and near vision for the other eye, while still retaining a reasonable level of binocular vision. 1  Facebook.2  Twitter.odified monovision is a method of achieving monovision using bifocal contact lenses in which the powers, lens fit or other lens parameters are modified to emphasize distance vision for one eye and near vision for the other eye, while still retaining a reasonable level of binocular vision. 1  Facebook. 2  Twitter.