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pentachromacy

pentachromacy noun: the quality of having five independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.

Noun

pentachromacy (uncountable)

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

Origin of pentachromacy

From penta- + chromo- + -acy.

Questions about pentachromacy

What does pentachromacy mean?
Pentachromacy means the quality of having five independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
What part of speech is pentachromacy?
Pentachromacy is a noun.

Words near pentachromacy in the dictionary

  1. pentachords
  2. pentachoron
  3. pentachorons
  4. pentachotomies
  5. pentachotomy
  6. pentachromacy
  7. pentachromat
  8. pentachromatic
  9. pentachromats
  10. pentachrome
  11. pentachromes

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