different between dichromic vs dichromatic

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek [Term?]

Adjective

dichromic (not comparable)

1. furnishing or giving two colours; said of defective vision, in which all the compound colours are resolvable into two elements instead of three
   • 1866, Sir J. Herschel, Familiar Lectures on Scientific Subjects

     Their vision is therefore, in fact, dichromic; all their compound colours are resolvable into two elements only instead of three.

2. containing two atoms of chromium

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References

dichromic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

di- +? Ancient Greek ????? (khrôma, “color”) +? -ic.

Adjective

dichromatic (comparative more dichromatic, superlative most dichromatic)

1. having two colors.
2. (pathology) having a form of colorblindness in which only two of the three primary colors can be distinguished
3. (zoology) having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
4. (biology) occurring or existing in two different ornamentations or colors, typically as a form of sexual dimorphism.
5. (optics) 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. (optics) exhibiting dichroism; dichroic.

Synonyms

• (having two colors): bichrome, bicolour, bicoloured, duocolor, two-tone
• heterochromatic
• heterochromic

Related terms

• dichromacy
• dichromat

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Further reading

• dichromacy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• sexual dimorphism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (section: Ornamentation / coloration)
• dichromatism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (optics)

Anagrams

• chromatidic, midthoracic