| CHROMATICISM | • chromaticism n. The quality or state of being chromatic. • chromaticism n. The act or action of chromaticizing: the use of chromatic notes or tones (contrasted with diatonicism). • CHROMATICISM n. the state of being chromatic; the use of chromatic tones. |
| CHROMATICITY | • chromaticity n. An objective specification of the quality of a colour, regardless of its luminance. • CHROMATICITY n. the quality of color characterized by its dominant or complementary wavelength and purity taken together. |
| CHROMATOGRAM | • chromatogram n. (Analytical chemistry) The visual output from a chromatograph. Usually a graphical display or histogram. • CHROMATOGRAM n. a visible record of the result of a chromatographic separation. |
| CHROMATOLOGY | • chromatology n. The scientific study of colour. • CHROMATOLOGY n. the science of colour. |
| CHROMATOPSIA | • chromatopsia n. A visual aberration in which objects appear abnormally coloured, such as xanthopsia or cyanopia. • CHROMATOPSIA n. coloured vision. |
| CHROMINANCES | • chrominances n. Plural of chrominance. • CHROMINANCE n. the difference between a color and a chosen reference color of the same luminous intensity in color television. |
| CHROMOCENTER | • chromocenter n. An irregular mass of heterochromatin in some chromosomes. • CHROMOCENTER n. a densely staining aggregation of heterochromatic regions in the nucleus of some cells, also CHROMOCENTRE. |
| CHROMOCENTRE | • chromocentre n. Synonym of karyosome. • CHROMOCENTRE n. a densely staining aggregation of heterochromatic regions in the nucleus of some cells, also CHROMOCENTER. |
| CHROMONEMATA | • chromonemata n. Plural of chromonema. • CHROMONEMA n. the coiled filamentous core of a chromatid. |
| CHROMOPHILIC | • chromophilic adj. Readily stained with dyes. • CHROMOPHILIC adj. staining heavily in certain microscopic techniques, also CHROMOPHIL. |
| CHROMOPHOBES | • chromophobes n. Plural of chromophobe. • CHROMOPHOBE n. a cell that does not take a stain easily. |
| CHROMOPHORES | • chromophores n. Plural of chromophore. • CHROMOPHORE n. the group of atoms in a chemical compound responsible for its colour. |
| CHROMOPHORIC | • chromophoric adj. (Chemistry) Of or relating to a chromophore. • chromophoric adj. (Biology) Coloured. • CHROMOPHORIC adj. of or like a chromophore, the group of atoms in a chemical compound responsible for its colour, also CHROMOPHOROUS. |
| CHROMOPLASTS | • chromoplasts n. Plural of chromoplast. • CHROMOPLAST n. a colored plastid usually containing red or yellow pigment, such as carotene. |
| CHROMOSCOPES | • CHROMOSCOPE n. an apparatus for combining coloured images. |
| CHROMOSPHERE | • chromosphere n. (Astronomy) The faint pink extension of a star’s atmospheric envelope between the corona and the photosphere. • CHROMOSPHERE n. the region of the atmosphere of a star between the star's photosphere and its corona. |