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dichroic

dichroic adjective: exhibiting dichroism.

Adjective

dichroic (comparative more dichroic, superlative most dichroic)

  1. Exhibiting dichroism.
  2. Exhibiting dichromatism; dichromatic.

Noun

dichroic (plural dichroics)

  1. A dichroic filter

dichroic meaning in Tamil

dichroic in Tamil

இரு வண்ண ஒளிக்கோட்டம்

Forms of dichroic

Adjective
comparativemore dichroic
superlativemost dichroic
alternative formdichroous
Noun
pluraldichroics

Origin of dichroic

from Ancient Greek δίχρως (díkhrōs, “two-coloured”), (from δι- (di-, “two”) + χρώς (khrṓs, “colour, complexion”)) + -ic.

Words formed from dichroic

Questions about dichroic

What does dichroic mean?
Dichroic means exhibiting dichroism.
What is dichroic in Tamil?
Dichroic in Tamil is இரு வண்ண ஒளிக்கோட்டம். See Dichroic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dichroic?
Dichroic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near dichroic in the dictionary

  1. dichotomousness
  2. dichotomy
  3. dichotypy
  4. dichrograph
  5. dichrographs
  6. dichroic
  7. dichroics
  8. dichroiscope
  9. dichroiscopes
  10. dichroism
  11. dichroisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dichroic (page history and authors); dichroic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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