dichromic

English

Etymology

From di- + Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”) + -ic.

Adjective

dichromic (not comparable)

1. furnishing or giving two colours; said of defective vision, in which all the compound colours are resolvable into two elements instead of three
   • 1866, Sir J. Herschel, Familiar Lectures on Scientific Subjects:

     Their vision is therefore, in fact, dichromic; all their compound colours are resolvable into two elements only instead of three.

2. containing two atoms of chromium

Derived terms

• dichromic acid

Translations

containing two atoms of chromium

• Greek: διχρωμικός (el) (dichromikós)
• Italian: dicromico
• Portuguese: dicrômico

See also

• dichroic

References

“dichromic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.