chromatic
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χρωματικός (khrōmatikós), from χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
chromatic (not comparable)
- Relating to or characterised by hue.
- Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.
- (music) Related to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is written.
- Relating to chromatin
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- achromatic
- allochromatic
- bichromatic
- biochromatic
- chromatic aberration
- chromatical
- chromatically
- chromaticism
- chromaticity
- chromaticness
- chromatic number
- chromatic scale
- homochromatic
- hyperchromatic
- interchromatic
- isochromatic
- lithochromatic
- monochromatic
- multichromatic
- nonchromatic
- normochromatic
- orthochromatic
- panchromatic
- photochromatic
- polychromatic
- tetrachromatic
- thermochromatic
- trichromatic
- xanthochromatic
Related terms
Translations
characterised by hue
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music: regarding all twelve traditional Western pitch classes, regardless of temperament or intonation
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Further reading
- “chromatic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “chromatic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “chromatic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.