Dichromatic may refer to:
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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
In optics, a dichroic material is either one which causes visible light to be split up into distinct beams of different wavelengths (colours) (not to be confused with dispersion), or one in which light rays having different polarizations are abs ...
* A form of
polymorphism (biology), typical in
sexual dimorphism, in which two phenotypes have different colouration or ornamentation.
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Dichromatic reflectance model
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Dichromatism
Dichromatism (or polychromatism) is a phenomenon where a material or solution's hue is dependent on both the concentration of the absorbing substance and the depth or thickness of the medium traversed. In most substances which are not dichromatic, ...
: the property of a substance that changes
hue due to change in its concentration or the thickness of a layer.
See also
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Chromatic
Diatonic and chromatic are terms in music theory that are most often used to characterize scales, and are also applied to musical instruments, intervals, chords, notes, musical styles, and kinds of harmony. They are very often used as a pair, ...
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