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trichromacy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
trichro-ma-cy
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

trichromacies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

trichromat trichromatic

Synonyms

color vision chromatic vision

Questions

What does trichromacy mean?
The quality of having three independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
Where does trichromacy come from?
tri- + Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).

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