Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dichromic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dichromic
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

furnishing or giving two colours; said of defective vision, in which all the compound colours are resolvable into two elements instead of three

adj

containing two atoms of chromium

Example Sentences

"Their vision is therefore, in fact, dichromic; all their compound colours are resolvable into two elements only instead of three."

Etymology

From di- + Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”) + -ic.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: χρῶμα

Phrases

dichromic acid

Frequently Paired Words

dichroic

Questions

What does dichromic mean?: furnishing or giving two colours; said of defective vision, in which all the compound colours are resolvable into two elements instead of three
Where does dichromic come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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