"dichromic" meaning in English

See dichromic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From di- + Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”) + -ic. Etymology templates: {{af|en|di-}} di-, {{der|en|grc|χρῶμα||color}} Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”), {{af|en|-ic}} -ic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} dichromic (not comparable)
  1. furnishing or giving two colours; said of defective vision, in which all the compound colours are resolvable into two elements instead of three Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-dichromic-en-adj-8Ug9bFcB Categories (other): English terms prefixed with di- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with di-: 50 50
  2. containing two atoms of chromium Tags: not-comparable Translations (containing two atoms of chromium): διχρωμικός (dichromikós) (Greek), dicromico (Italian), dicrômico (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-dichromic-en-adj-qj5FSM5A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with di-, English terms suffixed with -ic, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with di-: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 25 75 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of 'containing two atoms of chromium': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dichromic acid Related terms: dichroic
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