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panchromatic

panchromatic adjective: sensitive to all visible colours.

Adjective

panchromatic (not comparable)

  1. sensitive to all visible colours
  2. (digital imaging) sensitive to a wide range of wavelengths of light, typically most of the visible spectrum

Origin of panchromatic

From pan- + chromatic.

Words formed from panchromatic

Questions about panchromatic

What does panchromatic mean?
Panchromatic means sensitive to all visible colours.
What part of speech is panchromatic?
Panchromatic is an adjective.

Words near panchromatic in the dictionary

  1. panchnama
  2. panchnamas
  3. panchreston
  4. panchrestons
  5. Panchristism
  6. panchromatic
  7. panchromatically
  8. panchromatism
  9. panchromatization
  10. panchromatize
  11. panchromatized

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