Trichromatic

2 definitions found

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

  Trichromatic \Tri`chro*mat"ic\, a. [Pref. tri- + chromatic.]
     (Zool.)
     Having or existing in three different phases of color; having
     three distinct color varieties; -- said of certain birds and
     insects.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trichromatic
       adj : having or involving three colors; "trichromatic vision"; "a
             trichromatic printing process"; "trichromatic staining
             is the staining of tissue samples differentially in
             three colors"; "tricolor plumage"; "a tricolor process
             in photography" [syn: {trichrome}, {tricolor}]