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English
Etymology
From di- + Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”) + -ic.
Adjective
dichromic (not comparable)
- 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.
- containing two atoms of chromium
Derived terms
Translations
containing two atoms of chromium
See also
References
“dichromic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.