Phrase Hound found 7 phrases and 54 compound words that contain chromatic. The most common are listed below. Open chromatic in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 7
- chromatic aberrationAn optical aberration in which an image has coloured fringes, caused by differential refraction of light of different wavelengths.
- chromatic scaleA scale including all intervals of a particular tuning within an octave.
- chromatic numberThe smallest number of colours needed to colour a given graph (i.e., to assign a colour to each vertex such that no two vertices connected by an edge have the same colour).
- chromatic scalesplural of chromatic scale: A scale including all intervals of a particular tuning within an octave.
- chromatic aberrationsplural of chromatic aberration: An optical aberration in which an image has coloured fringes, caused by differential refraction of light of different wavelengths.
- chromatic semitoneSynonym of augmented unison: an interval that is equivalent to a unison with one of the two notes altered by a chromatic semitone
- chromatic numbersplural of chromatic number: The smallest number of colours needed to colour a given graph (i.e., to assign a colour to each vertex such that no two vertices connected by an edge have the same colour).
Compound words 54
- chromatinA complex of DNA, RNA and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division.
- achromaticFree from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.
- monochromaticHaving only one color, represented by differing hues and tints. For example shades in a black and white television.
- chromaticityAn objective specification of the quality of a colour, regardless of its luminance.
- hexachromaticAble to distinguish six distinct colors.
- lithochromaticPertaining to chromatic lithography (the production of lithographs that support color through the application of oil colors on stone).
- bichromaticOf two colors.
- trichromaticInvolving three colours.
- thermochromaticAlternative form of thermochromic: That changes color on exposure to heat.
- allochromaticHaving a colour that is due to the presence of impurities