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Definition of Polychromatic
1. Adjective. (of light or other electromagnetic radiation) composed of more than one wavelength. "Polychromatic light"
2. Adjective. Having or exhibiting many colors.
Definition of Polychromatic
1. a. Showing a variety, or a change, of colors.
Definition of Polychromatic
1. Adjective. Showing a variety, or a change, of colours; having many colours; multicoloured. ¹
2. Adjective. (physics of electromagnetic radiation) Composed of more than one wavelength. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polychromatic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Polychromatic
1.
Showing a variety, or a change, of colours.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polychromatic
Literary usage of Polychromatic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"It never seems to have occurred to an Egyptian builder to leave his limestone
walls unadorned with polychromatic effects, nor to the sculptor engaged in ..."
2. China: Its History, Arts and Literature by Frank Brinkley (1902)
"It has not been deemed advisable, however, to enter these in the polychromatic
category, inasmuch as the marked predominance of their principal colour has ..."
3. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1875)
"ON THE REVIVAL OF Polychromatic DECORATION IN CHURCHES.1 By RP ... To cite a few
examples of buildings in which polychromatic decoration remains : there is ..."
4. Roman and Medieval Art by William Henry Goodyear (1897)
"Polychromatic EGYPTIAN GLASS VASES FROM ITALY. British Museum. was the oriental,
but this point applies less to style than it does to technical manipulation ..."
5. Proportion and Harmony of Line and Color in Painting, Sculpture, and by George Lansing Raymond (1899)
"... to Like Forms—Monochromatic and Polychromatic Decoration—Color on the Exteriors
of Buildings—Possibility of New Styles of Architecture in our Age—Modern ..."