dichromatic

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌdaɪkrəʊˈmætɪk/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(dī′krō mat′ik, -krə-)


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di•chro•mat•ic  (dī′krō mat′ik, -krə-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Also, dichroic. having or showing two colors;
    dichromic.
  2. Optics, Zoology[Zool.]exhibiting two color phases within a species not due to age or season.
  • di-1 + chromatic 1840–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dichromatic / ˌdaɪkrəʊˈmætɪk/
  1. Also: dichroic having or consisting of only two colours
  2. (of animal species) having two different colour varieties that are independent of sex and age
  3. able to perceive only two (instead of three) primary colours and the mixes of these colours
dichromatism / daɪˈkrəʊməˌtɪzəm/
'dichromatic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
dichroic - dichromatism - dichromic

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