"dichromatic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more dichromatic [comparative], most dichromatic [superlative]
Etymology: di- + Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”) + -ic. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|di|sort=chromatic}} di- +, {{uder|en|grc|χρῶμα||color}} Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”), {{suffix|en||ic}} + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} dichromatic (comparative more dichromatic, superlative most dichromatic)
  1. having two colors. Synonyms (having two colors): bichrome, bicolour, bicoloured, duocolor, two-tone
    Sense id: en-dichromatic-en-adj-WSZClTU1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with di-, English terms suffixed with -ic, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 17 9 23 23 14 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with di-: 25 15 11 17 20 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 25 15 7 17 19 16 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 18 16 8 19 21 18 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 17 15 9 19 20 20 Disambiguation of 'having two colors': 67 8 10 7 8 1
  2. (pathology) having a form of colorblindness in which only two of the three primary colors can be distinguished Categories (topical): Pathology
    Sense id: en-dichromatic-en-adj-HJA6Xla3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 17 9 23 23 14 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 18 16 8 19 21 18 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 17 15 9 19 20 20 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
  3. (zoology) having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye. Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-dichromatic-en-adj-UCzsPsUf Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  4. (biology) occurring or existing in two different ornamentations or colors, typically as a form of sexual dimorphism. Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-dichromatic-en-adj-FKEmhjM0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 17 9 23 23 14 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 18 16 8 19 21 18 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 17 15 9 19 20 20 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  5. (optics) having two hues, either of which may be visible depending on both the concentration of the absorbing substance and the depth or thickness of the medium traversed, such as in pumpkin seed oil. A form of polychromatism. Categories (topical): Optics, Vision
    Sense id: en-dichromatic-en-adj-feaN-~hh Disambiguation of Vision: 10 7 12 9 52 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 17 9 23 23 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 14 8 18 25 18 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 18 16 8 19 21 18 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 17 15 9 19 20 20 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics
  6. (optics) exhibiting dichroism; dichroic. Categories (topical): Optics
    Sense id: en-dichromatic-en-adj-Dt1Pd4Bx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 17 9 23 23 14 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 18 16 8 19 21 18 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 17 15 9 19 20 20 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: heterochromatic, heterochromic Related terms: bichromatic, dichromacy, dichromat Translations (colourblindness): dichromatique (French), dikromatisk (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'colourblindness': 2 24 9 26 24 14

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  "word": "dichromatic"
}

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