Polychromatic

3 definitions found

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

  Polychromatic \Pol`y*chro*mat"ic\, a. [Poly- + chromatic.]
     Showing a variety, or a change, of colors.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Polychromatic acid} (Old Chem.), a substance obtained by the
        action of nitric acid on aloes.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  polychromatic
       adj 1: (of light or other electromagnetic radiation) composed of
              more than one wavelength; "polychromatic light" [ant:
              {monochromatic}]
       2: having or exhibiting many colors [syn: {polychrome}, {polychromic}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "polychromatic":
     bicolor, bicolored, chromatic, cold, colorful, colorific, coloring,
     colory, cool, crazy, daedal, dichromatic, discolor, divers-colored,
     glowing, harlequin, harmonious, kaleidoscopic, many-colored,
     matching, medley, monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic, motley,
     multicolor, multicolored, multicolorous, multihued, parti-color,
     parti-colored, pigmentary, polychrome, polychromic, prismal,
     prismatic, rainbow, shot, shot through, spectral,
     thunder and lightning, tinctorial, tingent, toning, trichromatic,
     trichromic, tricolor, tricolored, two-tone, varicolored,
     variegated, versicolor, versicolored, warm