dichromic

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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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

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References

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