Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a substance that changes color or transparency when subjected to charged electrodes, as in the liquid crystal display of many calculators.
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- adjective Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting
electrochromism
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Another strategy was to create "electrochromic dyes" with large changes in dipole moment between ground and excited state, so that a change in neuronal membrane potential could shift the peak wavelengths of absorbance or fluorescence4.
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At the flip of a switch, electrochromic windows go from transparent to opaque, permitting privacy on demand while maximizing daylight the rest of the time.
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Because they control the passage of both light and heat into a room, electrochromic windows serve as energy-saving devices in addition to making you seem uber-high tech.
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But in a contrast to the 575's age it is based on a model that is ten years old, Ferrari released the convertible version with futuristic, electrochromic glass.
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Heck, the roof itself might be electrochromic aerogel, so that it lets in light during the day, but is opaque at night.
Major British Review on Economics of Climate Change « Climate Audit 2005
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Heck, the roof itself might be electrochromic aerogel, so that it lets in light during the day, but is opaque at night.
Major British Review on Economics of Climate Change « Climate Audit 2005
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Now we have the electrochromic false nails invented by CIDETEC, the materials science division of Basque Research.
Archive 2003-11-01 Ray Girvan 2003
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Now we have the electrochromic false nails invented by CIDETEC, the materials science division of Basque Research.
Total Recall hardware Ray Girvan 2003
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The technology uses “electrochromic substances … that change their colour when an electrical voltage shifts charges in their molecules” and the German technology company suggested uses could include medicines displaying instructions in various languages.
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Wiehagen said electrochromic technology from Sage Electrochromics saves energy by darkening windows to almost black to block heat from entering.
Living Free and Easy 2004
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