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dichromatism

dichromatism noun: the condition of being dichromatic.

Noun

dichromatism (countable and uncountable, plural dichromatisms)

  1. The condition of being dichromatic
  2. A form of colourblindness in which only two of the three primary colours can be distinguished
  3. The condition when male and female birds have different plumage colors.
    • There long had been a bias among researchers to think of the evolution of sexual dichromatism as driven by changes in male coloration.2010, Geoffrey E. Hill, Geoffrey Edward Hill, National Geographic Bird Coloration

dichromatism meaning in Tamil

dichromatism in Tamil

இரு வண்ணப் புலன்

Forms of dichromatism

pluraldichromatisms

Origin of dichromatism

From di- + chromatism.

Words formed from dichromatism

Questions about dichromatism

What does dichromatism mean?
Dichromatism means the condition of being dichromatic.
What is dichromatism in Tamil?
Dichromatism in Tamil is இரு வண்ணப் புலன். See Dichromatism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dichromatism?
Dichromatism is a noun.
What is the plural of dichromatism?
The plural of dichromatism is dichromatisms.

Words near dichromatism in the dictionary

  1. dichromated
  2. dichromates
  3. dichromatic
  4. dichromatically
  5. dichromating
  6. dichromatism
  7. dichromatisms
  8. dichromatopsia
  9. dichromats
  10. dichromic
  11. dichromic acid

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