Dichroic Definition

dī-krōĭk
adjective
Having or showing dichroism or dichromatism.
Webster's New World
Manifesting dichromatism.
American Heritage Medicine

Exhibiting dichromatism; dichromatic.

Wiktionary

Origin of Dichroic

  • from Ancient Greek δίχρως (dikhrōs, “two-coloured”), (from δι- (di, “two”) + χρώς (khrōs, “colour, complexion”)) + -ic.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Greek dikhroos bicolored di- two di–1 khrōs color, skin

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

Dichroic Sentence Examples

  • The purple-blue of cobalt, the chrome green or yellow of chromium, the dichroic canarycolour of uranium and the violet of manganese, are constant.

  • As the sapphire crystallizes in the hexagonal system it is dichroic, but in pale stones this character may not be well marked.

  • Buried up lighters with dichroic filters are installed at the base of each column along the length of the colonnade.

  • Two wheels for interchangeable dichroic color and gobo selections, and three available lenses make the luminaire completely user-configurable.

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Words Starting With

DDIDIC

Words Ending With

CICOIC

Unscrambles

dichroic

Words Starting With D and Ending With C

Starts With D & Ends With CStarts With DI & Ends With CStarts With D & Ends With IC

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With D8 Letter Words Ending With C