Definition of chromatic

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Chromatic (a.) Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or semitones) of the scale, instead of the regular intervals of the diatonic scale..

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Enharmonical :: Enharmonical (a.) Of or pertaining to that one of the three kinds of musical scale (diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic) recognized by the ancient Greeks, which consisted of quarter tones and major thirds, and was regarded as the most accurate..
Isochromatic :: Isochromatic (a.) Having the same color; connecting parts having the same color, as lines drawn through certain points in experiments on the chromatic effects of polarized light in crystals..
Chromatic :: Chromatic (a.) Relating to color, or to colors..
Polychromic :: Polychromic (a.) Polychromatic.
Achroous :: Achroous (a.) Colorless; achromatic.
Dichromatic :: Dichromatic (a.) Having two color varieties, or two phases differing in color, independently of age or sex, as in certain birds and insects..
Achromatically :: Achromatically (adv.) In an achromatic manner.
Monochromatic :: Monochromatic (a.) Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of one color only..
Dichromatic :: Dichromatic (a.) Having or exhibiting two colors.
Polychromous :: Polychromous (a.) Of or pertaining to polychromy; many-colored; polychromatic.
Trichromatic :: Trichromatic (a.) Having or existing in three different phases of color; having three distinct color varieties; -- said of certain birds and insects.
Pleochromatic :: Pleochromatic (a.) Pleochroic.
Achromatic :: Achromatic (a.) Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue.
Achromatize :: Achromatize (v. t.) To deprive of color; to make achromatic.
Chromatic :: Chromatic (a.) Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or semitones) of the scale, instead of the regular intervals of the diatonic scale..
Chromatically :: Chromatically (adv.) In a chromatic manner.
Polychromatic :: Polychromatic (a.) Showing a variety, or a change, of colors..
Doublet :: Doublet (a.) An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct..
Achromaticity :: Achromaticity (n.) Achromatism.
Achromatic :: Achromatic (a.) Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors.
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