Chromatism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chromatism \Chro"ma*tism\, n. [Gr. ? a coloring.]
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     1. (Optics) The state of being colored, as in the case of
        images formed by a lens.
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     2. (Bot.) An abnormal coloring of plants.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chromatism
       n 1: hallucinatory perception of colored lights
       2: abnormal pigmentation