Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
dichromatic .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective mathematics Describing a
graph withedges of two possiblecolours - adjective physics Describing a
spectrometer (or similar instrument or system) capable of analysing twowavelengths at the same time
Etymologies
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bi- + chromatic
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Examples
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Most all vertebrates have color vision except non-primate mammals, some of whom may be bichromatic.
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The advantages derived from the development of the alizarine manufacture here, it was stated, will benefit other collateral industries, such as manufacture of soda, of ordinary sulphuric acid, bichromatic, and chlorate of potash, articles used in this manufacture.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 Various
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In this crucial development, Joseph Lister was influenced by his father, Joseph Jackson Lister, a Quaker wine merchant, who invented the bichromatic microscope (which uses reflected and transmitted light).
Brits at their Best 2009
johnmperry commented on the word bichromatic
two-colour
August 27, 2008