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bichromatic

bichromatic adjective: of two colors.

Adjective

bichromatic (not comparable)

  1. Of two colors.
    • The bichromatic blue-and-white Jewish pet accessories, littered with stars of David, create a lifestyle brand for Judaism to rival other popular branding schemes, especially those of Christian America.2018, Beth A. Berkowitz, Animals and Animality in the Babylonian Talmud, page 189
  2. Describing a graph with edges of two possible colours.
  3. Describing a spectrometer (or similar instrument or system) capable of analysing two wavelengths at the same time.
  4. Employing or relating to a quarter tone scale.
    • Its title is "Musik mit Vierteltönen," and it contains the sum of the author's experiences with the "bichromatic harmonium" of his own construction.1922, Oscar George Sonneck, The Musical Quarterly, volume 8, page 620
    • Bichromatic music on the electronic orchestra is the next step in the musical art of the 20th century.1969, The Journal for the Study of Consciousness, page 83

Origin of bichromatic

From bi- + chromatic.

Words formed from bichromatic

Questions about bichromatic

What does bichromatic mean?
Bichromatic means of two colors.
What part of speech is bichromatic?
Bichromatic is an adjective.

Words near bichromatic in the dictionary

  1. bichords
  2. bichorionic
  3. bichromate
  4. bichromated
  5. bichromates
  6. bichromatic
  7. bichromatically
  8. bichromating
  9. bichromatism
  10. bichromatize
  11. bichromatized

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