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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Manifesting dichroism.
  • adjective Manifesting dichromatism.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Characterized by dichroism: as, a dichroic crystal.
  • Same as dichromatic.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having the property of dichroism.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Exhibiting dichroism
  • adjective Exhibiting dichromatism; dichromatic

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Greek dikhroos, bicolored : di-, two; see di– + khrōs, color, skin.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

from Ancient Greek δίχρως (dikhrōs, "two-coloured"), (from δι- (di, "two") + χρώς (khrōs, "colour, complexion")) + -ic.

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