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lithochromatic

adj

Etymology

From litho- + 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 lithochromatic — “litho- + chromatic”

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to chromatic lithography (the production of lithographs that support color…

    Pertaining to chromatic lithography (the production of lithographs that support color through the application of oil colors on stone).

    • The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy, from the time of Constantino to the Fifteenth Century, represented in eighty-one Lithochromatic Plates.

  2. Displaying color that results from the inclusion of particles of pulverised stone.

    • Low chroma colors due to reduced conditions are often indistinguishable from lithochromatic colors imparted by till parent materials.
    • Values of 5 dry and 3 moist with low chroma are lithochromatic.
    • ...few fine and medium prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) lithochromatic streaks and pockets; moderate medium subangular blocky structure.

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