"dichroic" meaning in English

See dichroic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more dichroic [comparative], most dichroic [superlative]
Etymology: from Ancient Greek δίχρως (díkhrōs, “two-coloured”), (from δι- (di-, “two”) + χρώς (khrṓs, “colour, complexion”)) + -ic. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|δίχρως||two-coloured}} Ancient Greek δίχρως (díkhrōs, “two-coloured”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} dichroic (comparative more dichroic, superlative most dichroic)
  1. Exhibiting dichroism. Translations (Exhibiting dichroism): dicroic [masculine] (Catalan), dichroïque (French), dicroico [masculine] (Italian), dicroico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dichroic-en-adj-pZokWkkq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 48 1 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 51 47 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 46 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 47 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 47 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 51 46 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 51 46 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 51 46 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 52 47 2 Disambiguation of 'Exhibiting dichroism': 86 14
  2. Exhibiting dichromatism; dichromatic.
    Sense id: en-dichroic-en-adj-jp51bJjo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 48 1 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 51 47 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 46 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 47 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 47 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 51 46 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 51 46 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 51 46 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 52 47 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dichroic filter, dichroic glass, dichroic mirror, dichroic polynomial, dichroic prism, dichroic reflector, isodichroic, multichroic, photodichroic Related terms: dichromic

Noun

Forms: dichroics [plural]
Etymology: from Ancient Greek δίχρως (díkhrōs, “two-coloured”), (from δι- (di-, “two”) + χρώς (khrṓs, “colour, complexion”)) + -ic. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|δίχρως||two-coloured}} Ancient Greek δίχρως (díkhrōs, “two-coloured”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} dichroic (plural dichroics)
  1. A dichroic filter
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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