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Definition of Dichromic
1. a. Furnishing or giving two colors; -- said of defective vision, in which all the compound colors are resolvable into two elements instead of three.
Definition of Dichromic
1. Adjective. Furnishing or giving two colours; said of defective vision, in which all the compound colours are resolvable into two elements instead of three. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dichromic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Dichromic
1. Furnishing or giving two colours; said of defective vision, in which all the compound colours are resolvable into two elements instead of three. Origin: Gr. Two-coloured; = twice + colour. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dichromic
Literary usage of Dichromic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Qualitative Analysis as a Laboratory Basis for the Study of General by William Conger Morgan (1906)
"... to test a colorless solution for the presence of dichromic acid, however. ...
a large amount of dichromic acid will make itself evident during both the ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1891)
"dichromic vision allows a match between any four colours, of which black may be
one. Thus we may find 64 green + 36 blue = 61 black + 39 white, ..."
3. Scientific Papers by John William Strutt Rayleigh (1902)
"dichromic vision allows a match between any four colours, of which black may be
one. Thus we may find 64 green + 36 blue = 61 black + 39 white—a neutral ..."
4. Researches on Colour-blindness: With a Supplement on the Danger Attending by George Wilson (1855)
"It was thus shown to be a simple fact that normal vision is tri- chromic, and
colour-blind vision dichromic. It is to Mr Maxwell, however, ..."
5. The Journal of Science (1873)
"The eyes of those whom he examined were dichromic,—that is, ... In the dichromic
eye, rays taken from different points of the regions on opposite sides of ..."
6. A Treatise on Pharmacy for Students and Pharmacists by Charles Caspari (1906)
"It may be looked upon as a salt of dichromic acid, which latter is the result of
the union of 2 molecules of chromic acid, with the elimination of water ..."
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