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bichromatic

adj

Etymology

From bi- + chromatic.

  1. derived from *gʰer-✻ — “to grind; to rub; to stroke; to remove”
  2. derived from χρωματικός — “relating to colour; one of the three types of tetrachord in Greek music”
  3. borrowed from chrōmaticus
  4. borrowed from chromatique — “chromatic”
  5. prefixed as bichromatic — “bi + chromatic”

Definitions

  1. Of two colors.

    • The bichromatic blue-and-white Jewish pet accessories, littered with stars of David, create a lifestyle brand for Judaism to rival other popular branding schemes, especially those of Christian America.

  2. Describing a graph with edges of two possible colours.

  3. Describing a spectrometer (or similar instrument or system) capable of analysing two…

    Describing a spectrometer (or similar instrument or system) capable of analysing two wavelengths at the same time.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Employing or relating to a quarter tone scale.

      • Its title is "Musik mit Vierteltönen," and it contains the sum of the author's experiences with the "bichromatic harmonium" of his own construction.
      • Bichromatic music on the electronic orchestra is the next step in the musical art of the 20th century.
      • In 1926 Straube built a Bichromatic Quartertone Harmonium for Mordecai Sandberg with white keys for the whole tones, black keys for the half tones and brown keys for the quarter tones.

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Derived

bichromatically

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA