Chromatic Definition

krō-mătĭk
adjective
Of color or having color or colors.
Webster's New World
Relating to color perceived to have a saturation greater than zero.
American Heritage
Designating or of colors other than black, white, and gray.
Webster's New World
Highly colored.
Webster's New World
Readily stained.
Webster's New World
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noun
A tone modified by an accidental.
Webster's New World

Origin of Chromatic

  • Greek khrōmatikos from khrōma khrōmat- color

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrōma, “color”).

    From Wiktionary

Chromatic Sentence Examples

  • According to this view the chromatic effects depend entirely upon atmospheric dispersion.

  • In the interior the effect is gained by broad masses of chromatic decoration in marble-veneer and mosaics on a gold ground to cover the walls and vaults, and by elaborate pavements of opus sectile and opus Alexandrinum.

  • The aberrations, both spherical and chromatic, increase very rapidly with the aperture.

  • These eyepieces are intentionally provided with a different chromatic magnification, which however is in opposition to that originating in the objective.

  • In other words, a sufficiently good and distinct image as the resolving power permits cannot be arrived at, until the elimination, or a sufficient diminution, of the spherical and chromatic aberrations has been brought about.

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