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dichromacy

dichromacy noun: the quality of having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.

Noun

dichromacy (uncountable)

  1. The quality of having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.

Origin of dichromacy

di- + Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).

Questions about dichromacy

What does dichromacy mean?
Dichromacy means the quality of having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
What part of speech is dichromacy?
Dichromacy is a noun.

Words near dichromacy in the dictionary

  1. dichroisms
  2. dichroistic
  3. dichroite
  4. dichroites
  5. dichroitic
  6. dichromacy
  7. dichromasy
  8. dichromat
  9. dichromate
  10. dichromated
  11. dichromates

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