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multichromatic

multichromatic adjective: involving more than one colour.

Adjective

multichromatic (comparative more multichromatic, superlative most multichromatic)

  1. Involving more than one colour.
    • Whatever the primary spur to the evolution of our rose-colored retinas, we, like most other animals with multichromatic vision, have learned to treat red with respect.2007 February 6, Natalie Angier, “How Do We See Red? Count the Ways”, in New York Times

Synonyms of multichromatic

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Forms of multichromatic

comparativemore multichromatic
superlativemost multichromatic

Origin of multichromatic

From multi- + chromatic.

Words that rhyme with multichromatic

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Questions about multichromatic

What does multichromatic mean?
Multichromatic means involving more than one colour.
What part of speech is multichromatic?
Multichromatic is an adjective.

Words near multichromatic in the dictionary

  1. multichorionic
  2. multichotomies
  3. multichotomous
  4. multichotomy
  5. multichroic
  6. multichromatic
  7. multichromatid
  8. multichromatogram
  9. multichromatograms
  10. multichromophore
  11. multichromophores

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