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chro·ma·tism 'krō-mə-.tiz-əm n1) CHROMATIC ABERRATION2) CHROMESTHESIA* * *
chro·ma·tism (kroґmə-tiz″əm) abnormal pigment deposits.
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chromatism
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Chromatism — Chro ma*tism, n. [Gr. ? a coloring.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Optics) The state of being colored, as in the case of images formed by a lens. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) An abnormal coloring of plants. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chromatism — [krō′mətiz΄əm] n. [Gr chrōmatismos: see CHROMATIN & ISM] CHROMATIC ABERRATION … English World dictionary
chromatism — The term chromatism comes from the Greek noun chroma (colour). It is used in * synaesthesia research to denote a hallucinated colour, or coloured light, evoked by a sensory percept experienced in one of the other sensory modalities. Thus a… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
chromatism — chromaticism англ. [крэмэ/тисизм] chromatism [крэмэ/тизм] Chromatik нем. [крома/тик] chromatisme фр. [кромати/зм] хроматизм … Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов
chromatism — /kroh meuh tiz euhm/, n. 1. See chromatic aberration. 2. the abnormal coloration of leaves or other normally green parts of a plant. [1715 25; CHROMAT + ISM] * * * … Universalium
chromatism — noun a) The state of being coloured b) chromatic aberration … Wiktionary
chromatism — n. abnormal leaf color (Botany); color abnormality (Optics) … English contemporary dictionary
chromatism — chro·ma·tism … English syllables
chromatism — n. occurrence of abnormal coloration … Dictionary of difficult words
chromatism — noun 1. hallucinatory perception of colored lights • Hypernyms: ↑visual hallucination 2. abnormal pigmentation • Hypernyms: ↑pigmentation … Useful english dictionary
