Definition of chromatic

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Chromatic (a.) Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or semitones) of the scale, instead of the regular intervals of the diatonic scale..

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Polychromatic :: Polychromatic (a.) Showing a variety, or a change, of colors..
Register :: Register (v. i.) To correspond in relative position; as, two pages, columns, etc. , register when the corresponding parts fall in the same line, or when line falls exactly upon line in reverse pages, or (as in chromatic printing) where the various colors of the design are printed consecutively, and perfect adjustment of parts is necessary..
Scale :: Scale (n.) The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated through any number of octaves. See Chromatic scale, Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale, under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor..
Achromatic :: Achromatic (a.) Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors.
Trichromatic :: Trichromatic (a.) Having or existing in three different phases of color; having three distinct color varieties; -- said of certain birds and insects.
Is- :: Is- () A prefix or combining form, indicating identity, or equality; the same numerical value; as in isopod, isomorphous, isochromatic..
Isochromatic :: Isochromatic (a.) Having the same color; connecting parts having the same color, as lines drawn through certain points in experiments on the chromatic effects of polarized light in crystals..
Pleochromatic :: Pleochromatic (a.) Pleochroic.
Polychromic :: Polychromic (a.) Polychromatic.
Achromatically :: Achromatically (adv.) In an achromatic manner.
Monochromatic :: Monochromatic (a.) Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of one color only..
Polychromous :: Polychromous (a.) Of or pertaining to polychromy; many-colored; polychromatic.
Chromatic :: Chromatic (a.) Relating to color, or to colors..
Dichromatic :: Dichromatic (a.) Having or exhibiting two colors.
Lithochromatics :: Lithochromatics (n.) See Lithochromics.
Photochromatic :: Photochromatic (a.) Of or pertaining to photochromy; produced by photochromy.
Trichromatism :: Trichromatism (n.) The quality, state, or phenomenon of being trichromatic..
Teinoscope :: Teinoscope (n.) An instrument formed by combining prisms so as to correct the chromatic aberration of the light while linear dimensions of objects seen through the prisms are increased or diminished; -- called also prism telescope.
Doublet :: Doublet (a.) An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct..
Achroous :: Achroous (a.) Colorless; achromatic.
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