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dichromatism
[ dahy-kroh-muh-tiz-uhm ]
noun
- the quality or state of being dichromatic.
- Also called 徱···ٴDZ·· [dahy-kroh-m, uh, -, top, -see-, uh]. Ophthalmology. a defect of vision in which the retina responds to only two of the three primary colors. Compare monochromatism ( def 2 ), trichromatism ( def 3 ).
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dichromatism1
First recorded in 1880–85; dichromat(ic) + -ism
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Example Sentences
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Hybridism and dichromatism are believed to account for these birds of which somewhat over a hundred specimens are known, chiefly from the lower Hudson and Connecticut Valleys.
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The pumas were for the most part bright red, but some were reddish gray, there being much the same dichromatism that I found among their Colorado kinsfolk.
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