The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dichromatic \Di`chro*mat"ic\, a. [Pref. di- + chromatic: cf. Gr. ?.]
Having or exhibiting two colors.
(Zo["o]l.) Having two color varieties, or two phases differing in color, independently of age or sex, as in certain birds and insects.
Wiktionary
a. 1 having two colors. 2 (context pathology English) having a form of colorblindness in which only two of the three primary colors can be distinguished 3 (context zoology English) having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye. 4 (context biology English) occurring or existing in two different ornamentations or colors, typically as a form of sexual dimorphism. 5 (context optics English) having two hues, either of which may be visible depending on both the concentration of the absorbing substance and the depth or thickness of the medium traversed, such as in pumpkin seed oil. A form of polychromatism. 6 (context optics English) exhibiting dichroism; dichroic.
WordNet
adj. of or relating to dichromatism
having two colors; "a bicolor flower"; "a bicolored postage stamp" [syn: bicolor, bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome]
Wikipedia
Dichromatic may refer to:
- Dichromacy, a form of color-blindness in which only two light wavelengths are distinguished rather than the usual three
- Dichromatic, describing an optical device which splits light into two parts according to its wavelength: a form of dichroism
- A form of polymorphism (biology), typical in sexual dimorphism, in which there are two phenotypes, each with different colouration or ornamentation.
- Dichromatic reflectance model
Usage examples of "dichromatic".
Dorothy stepping from her dichromatic Kansas porch to the Technicolor vistas of Oz, David left the elevator and strode out into the cavernous spaces of the lobby.
Gray Party, dressed up in a dichromatic Uncle Sam suit, white stars and stripes on a field of gray and darker gray.
It was on layaway down at the glass blower's gallery: a handblown dichromatic glass bong in the Tiffany style.