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Meaning of POLYCHROMATIC

Pronunciation:  `pâleekrow'matik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  (of light or other electromagnetic radiation) composed of more than one wavelength; "polychromatic light"
  2. [adj]  having or exhibiting many colors
 
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 Synonyms: colored, colorful, coloured, in color(p), polychrome, polychromic
 
 Antonyms: homochromatic, monochromatic
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pol`y*chro*mat"ic\, a. [Poly- + chromatic.]
Showing a variety, or a change, of colors.
{Polychromatic acid} (Old Chem.), a substance obtained by the
   action of nitric acid on aloes.
 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: bicolor, bicolored, chromatic, cold, colorful, colorific, coloring, colory, cool, crazy, daedal, dichromatic, discolor, divers-colored, glowing, harlequin, harmonious, kaleidoscopic, many-colored, matching, medley, monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic, motley, multicolor, multicolored, multicolorous, multihued, parti-color, parti-colored, pigmentary, polychrome, polychromic, prismal, prismatic, rainbow, shot, shot through, spectral, thunder and lightning, tinctorial, tingent, toning, trichromatic, trichromic, tricolor, tricolored, two-tone, varicolored, variegated, versicolor, versicolored, warm
 

 

 

 

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