| ACHROMATIC | • achromatic adj. (Optics) Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion. • achromatic adj. Containing components such as achromatic lenses and prisms, designed to prevent color-related distortion. • achromatic adj. (Biology) Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue. |
| ACHROMATIN | • achromatin n. (Biology) Tissue that is not stained by fluid dyes. • ACHROMATIN n. tissue which is not stained by fluid dyes. |
| APOCHROMAT | • apochromat n. (Optics) A kind of lens corrected for chromatic and spherical aberration. • APOCHROMAT n. an apochromatic lens or instrument. |
| BICHROMATE | • bichromate n. (Inorganic chemistry) Synonym of dichromate. • BICHROMATE n. a salt of dichromic acid. |
| CHROMAFFIN | • chromaffin adj. (Cytology) Having an affinity for (and thus being stained brownish yellow) by chromium salts. • CHROMAFFIN adj. staining deeply with chromium salts. |
| CHROMAKEYS | • chromakeys v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chromakey. • CHROMAKEY n. a special television effect by which a coloured background can be removed from a picture and a different one substituted. |
| CHROMATICS | • chromatics n. (Music) Chromatic harmonies or notes. • chromatics n. (Optics) The science of colours; the branch of optics that deals with the properties of colours. • CHROMATICS n. the science of colors; that part of optics which treats of the properties of colors. |
| CHROMATIDS | • chromatids n. Plural of chromatid. • CHROMATID n. one of the two threadlike structures formed by the longitudinal division of a chromosome. |
| CHROMATINS | • chromatins n. Plural of chromatin. • CHROMATIN n. a protein/DNA complex making the chromosome. |
| CHROMATIST | • chromatist n. A person whose speciality is chromatics. • CHROMATIST n. one who studies chromatics, the science of color. |
| CHROMATOID | • chromatoid adj. Resembling chromatin. • chromatoid n. (Cytology) The part of a nucleus comprising DNA and proteins where chromosomes are formed. • CHROMATOID adj. relating to chromatin, a protein/DNA complex making the chromosome. |
| CHROMATYPE | • chromatype n. Alternative form of chromotype. • CHROMATYPE n. a colored photographic picture taken upon paper made sensitive with potassium bichromate or some other salt of chromium. |
| DICHROMATE | • dichromate n. (Chemistry) any salt of dichromic acid; in solution the orange dichromate anion (Cr2O72-) is in equilibrium… • DICHROMATE n. a salt of chromic acid containing two equivalents of the acid radical to one of the base, also DICHROMAT. |
| DICHROMATS | • dichromats n. Plural of dichromat. • DICHROMAT n. a salt of chromic acid containing two equivalents of the acid radical to one of the base, also DICHROMATE. |
| TRICHROMAT | • trichromat n. One who has trichromatic vision; one whose vision exhibits trichromacy; one who can distinguish three primary colors. • TRICHROMAT n. someone who has normal colour vision. |