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trichromacy

trichromacy noun: the quality of having three independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.

Noun

trichromacy (countable and uncountable, plural trichromacies)

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

Forms of trichromacy

pluraltrichromacies

Origin of trichromacy

tri- + Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).

Questions about trichromacy

What does trichromacy mean?
Trichromacy means the quality of having three independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
What part of speech is trichromacy?
Trichromacy is a noun.
What is the plural of trichromacy?
The plural of trichromacy is trichromacies.

Words near trichromacy in the dictionary

  1. trichovirus
  2. trichoviruses
  3. trichroic
  4. trichroism
  5. trichromacies
  6. trichromacy
  7. trichromat
  8. trichromate
  9. trichromates
  10. trichromatic
  11. trichromatically

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