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tetrachromatic

tetrachromatic adjective: having four independent channels for conveying color information.

Adjective

tetrachromatic (not comparable)

  1. Having four independent channels for conveying color information.
    Synonyms:
    quadchromatic, quadrichromatic

Synonyms of tetrachromatic

Origin of tetrachromatic

From tetra- + chromatic.

Questions about tetrachromatic

What does tetrachromatic mean?
Tetrachromatic means having four independent channels for conveying color information.
What part of speech is tetrachromatic?
Tetrachromatic is an adjective.

Words near tetrachromatic in the dictionary

  1. tetrachotomy
  2. tetrachromacy
  3. tetrachromat
  4. tetrachromate
  5. tetrachromates
  6. tetrachromatic
  7. tetrachromats
  8. tetrachrome
  9. tetrachromic
  10. tetracid
  11. tetracids

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