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Meaning of DICHROMATISM

Pronunciation:  dI'krowmu'tizum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision)
 
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 Synonyms: dichromacy, dichromasy, dichromatopsia, dichromia
 
 See Also: color blindness, color vision deficiency, colour blindness, colour vision deficiency, red-gree color blindness, red-green dichromacy, yellow-blue color blindness, yellow-blue dichromacy

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Di*chro"ma*tism\, n.
The state of being dichromatic.
 

 

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