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chromatic

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Chromatic  \Chro*mat"ic\,  a.  [L.  chromaticus,  Gr  ?,  suited  for 
  color,  fr  ?,  ?,  color;  akin  to  ?  color,  ?  skin,  color  of  the 
  skin.] 
  1.  Relating  to  color,  or  to  colors. 
 
  2.  (Mus.)  Proceeding  by  the  smaller  intervals  (half  steps  or 
  semitones)  of  the  scale,  instead  of  the  regular  intervals 
  of  the  diatonic  scale. 
 
  Note:  The  intermediate  tones  were  formerly  written  and 
  printed  in  colors. 
 
  {Chromatic  aberration}.  (Opt.)  See  {Aberration},  {4}. 
 
  {Chromatic  printing},  printing  from  type  or  blocks  covered 
  with  inks  of  various  colors. 
 
  {Chromatic  scale}  (Mus.),  the  scale  consisting  of  thirteen 
  tones,  including  the  eight  scale  tones  and  the  five 
  intermediate  tones. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  chromatic 
  adj  1:  able  to  refract  light  without  spectral  color  separation; 
  "chromatic  lens" 
  2:  (music)  based  on  a  scale  consisting  of  12  semitones;  "a 
  chromatic  scale"  [ant:  {diatonic}] 
  3:  being  or  having  or  characterized  by  hue  [syn:  {colored}] 
  [ant:  {achromatic}]




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