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chromatic

adjective

Meaning

  1. Relating to or characterised by hue.
  2. Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.
  3. Related to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is written.
  4. Moving in semitones.
  5. Relating to chromatin

Etymology / origin

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Related words

colored(English)earthlike(English)rust(English)rusty(English)blood-red(English)bronze(English)gold(English)gilt(English)aberration(English)semitone(English)enharmonic(English)diatonic(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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