dichromic
English
editEtymology
editAncient Greek [Term?]
Adjective
editdichromic (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
editTranslations
editcontaining two atoms of chromium
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See also
editReferences
edit“dichromic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.