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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Chromatic \Chro*mat"ic\, a. [L. chromaticus, Gr. ?, suited for
color, fr. ?, ?, color; akin to ? color, ? skin, color of the
skin.]
1. Relating to color, or to colors.
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2. (Mus.) Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or
semitones) of the scale, instead of the regular intervals
of the diatonic scale.
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Note: The intermediate tones were formerly written and
printed in colors.
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Chromatic aberration. (Opt.) See Aberration, 4.
Chromatic printing, printing from type or blocks covered
with inks of various colors.
Chromatic scale (Mus.), the scale consisting of thirteen
tones, including the eight scale tones and the five
intermediate tones.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Chromatic \Chro*mat"ic\, a. [L. chromaticus, Gr. ?, suited for
color, fr. ?, ?, color; akin to ? color, ? skin, color of the
skin.]
1. Relating to color, or to colors.
2. (Mus.) Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or
semitones) of the scale, instead of the regular intervals
of the diatonic scale.
Note: The intermediate tones were formerly written and
printed in colors.
Chromatic aberration. (Opt.) See Aberration, 4.
Chromatic printing, printing from type or blocks covered
with inks of various colors.
Chromatic scale (Mus.), the scale consisting of thirteen
tones, including the eight scale tones and the five
intermediate tones.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
chromatic
adj 1: able to refract light without spectral color separation;
"chromatic lens"
2: based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones; "a chromatic
scale" [ant: diatonic]
3: being or having or characterized by hue [ant: achromatic]
From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
chromatic
Αγγλικά a.
χρωματικός
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
chromatic
a.
1 (non-gloss definition: Uses relating to colour)
2 # (lb en uncomparable) characterize or cause#Verb by, or relate to,
colour#Noun or hue#Noun.
3 # (lb en comparable) brightly coloured#Adjective; colourful,
vivid#Adjective.
4 # (lb en uncomparable optics) Having the capacity to separate#Verb
spectral colours by refraction.
5 (lb en uncomparable music)
6 # (lb en Ancient Greece historical) One of three type#Noun of
tetrachord (the others being the diatonic and enharmonic), with an
interval between half and four-fifths of the total#Noun interval of a
tetrachord.
7 # Relating to or use#Verb note#Noun not belonging to the diatonic
scale of the key#Noun in which a passage of music is write#Verb.
a.
(lb en biology) relate to (l en chromatin t=a complex#Noun complex of
DNA, RNA, and proteins within the cell#Noun cell nucleus out of which
chromosomes condense during cell division).
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
chromatic
a.
1 (non-gloss definition: Uses relating to colour)
2 # (lb en uncomparable) characterize or cause#Verb by, or relate to,
colour#Noun or hue#Noun.
3 # (lb en comparable) brightly coloured#Adjective; colourful,
vivid#Adjective.
4 # (lb en uncomparable optics) Having the capacity to separate#Verb
spectral colours by refraction.
5 (lb en uncomparable music)
6 # (lb en Ancient Greece historical) One of three type#Noun of
tetrachord (the others being the diatonic and enharmonic), with an
interval between half and four-fifths of the total#Noun interval of a
tetrachord.
7 # Relating to or use#Verb note#Noun not belonging to the diatonic
scale of the key#Noun in which a passage of music is write#Verb.
a.
(lb en biology) relate to (l en chromatin t=a complex#Noun complex of
DNA, RNA, and proteins within the cell#Noun cell nucleus out of which
chromosomes condense during cell division).
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
chromatic
a.
1 (non-gloss definition: Uses relating to colour)
2 # (lb en uncomparable) characterize or cause#Verb by, or relate to,
colour#Noun or hue#Noun.
3 # (lb en comparable) brightly coloured#Adjective; colourful,
vivid#Adjective.
4 # (lb en uncomparable optics) Having the capacity to separate#Verb
spectral colours by refraction.
5 (lb en uncomparable music)
6 # (lb en Ancient Greece historical) One of three type#Noun of
tetrachord (the others being the diatonic and enharmonic), with an
interval between half and four-fifths of the total#Noun interval of a
tetrachord.
7 # Relating to or use#Verb note#Noun not belonging to the diatonic
scale of the key#Noun in which a passage of music is write#Verb.
a.
(lb en biology) relate to (l en chromatin t=a complex#Noun complex of
DNA, RNA, and proteins within the cell#Noun cell nucleus out of which
chromosomes condense during cell division).
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
chromatic
a.
1 (non-gloss definition: Uses relating to colour)
2 # (lb en uncomparable) characterize or cause#Verb by, or relate to,
colour#Noun or hue#Noun.
3 # (lb en comparable) brightly coloured#Adjective; colourful,
vivid#Adjective.
4 # (lb en uncomparable optics) Having the capacity to separate#Verb
spectral colours by refraction.
5 (lb en uncomparable music)
6 # (lb en Ancient Greece historical) One of three type#Noun of
tetrachord (the others being the diatonic and enharmonic), with an
interval between half and four-fifths of the total#Noun interval of a
tetrachord.
7 # Relating to or use#Verb note#Noun not belonging to the diatonic
scale of the key#Noun in which a passage of music is write#Verb.
a.
(lb en biology) relate to (l en chromatin t=a complex#Noun complex of
DNA, RNA, and proteins within the cell#Noun cell nucleus out of which
chromosomes condense during cell division).
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
chromatic
Englanti a.
kromaattinen
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
chromatic
Engelska a.
kromatisk
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Chromatic /kɹəʊmˈatɪk/
لوني
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
chromatic //kɹoʊˈmæt.ɪk// //kɹəʊˈmæt.ɪk// //kɹəˈmæt ɪk// //kɹəˈmæt.ɪk// /[-ɾɪk]/
хроматичен, цветен
characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
chromatic /kɹəʊmˈatɪk/
chromatický
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
chromatic /kɹəʊmˈatɪk/
půltónový
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
chromatic /kɹəʊmˈatɪk/
chromatisch
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
chromatic /kɹəʊmˈatɪk/
kromatski
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
chromatic /kɹəʊmˈatɪk/
1. kromatikus
2. szinkromatikus
3. festéket felvevô
4. színes
From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]
chromatic /kɹəʊmˈatɪk/
cromático
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
chromatic //kɹoʊˈmæt.ɪk// //kɹəʊˈmæt.ɪk// //kɹəˈmæt ɪk// //kɹəˈmæt.ɪk// /[-ɾɪk]/
kromatisk 2.
relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written
3.
characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "chromatic":
cold, colorific, coloring, cool, dichromatic, enharmonic, glowing,
harmonious, many-colored, matching, medley, monochromatic,
monochrome, monochromic, motley, parti-colored, pigmentary,
polychromatic, prismatic, rainbow, semitonic, spectral, tinctorial,
tingent, tonal, tonic, toning, variegated, warm
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
a. 彩色的,著色的,染色性的;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 彩色的,着色的,染色性的
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