Definition of Trichromatic

1. Adjective. Having or involving three colors. "A tricolor process in photography"

Exact synonyms: Trichrome, Tricolor
Similar to: Colored, Colorful, Coloured

Definition of Trichromatic

1. a. Having or existing in three different phases of color; having three distinct color varieties; -- said of certain birds and insects.

Definition of Trichromatic

1. Adjective. Involving three colours ¹

2. Adjective. Having perception in three primary colours ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trichromatic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Trichromatic

1. Having or existing in three different phases of colour; having three distinct colour varieties; said of certain birds and insects. Origin: Pref. Tri- + chromatic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trichromatic

trichothiodystrophic
trichothiodystrophies
trichotillomania
trichotillomanic
trichotomies
trichotomous
trichotomously
trichotomy
trichotoxin
trichotrophy
trichroic
trichroism
trichromacy
trichromat
trichromatic (current term)
trichromatically
trichromatism
trichromatisms
trichromatopsia
trichromats
trichrome
trichrome stain
trichromic
trichterbrust
trichuriases
trichuriasis
trichuris
trichuroidea
tricia

Literary usage of Trichromatic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hermann Von Helmholtz by Leo Koenigsberger (1906)
"In these two papers (one published with the title 'Attempt to apply the Psycho-physical Law to the Differences of Colour in trichromatic Eyes,' in the ..."

2. Printing: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Typography as Applied More by Charles Thomas Jacobi (1908)
"AS already explained, the art of three-colour printing,— iV termed trichromatic printing in a general way, is a method very much in fashion just now. ..."

3. Outlines of Applied Optics by Perley Gilman Nutting (1912)
"To translate spectrophotometric results on spectral intensity into color by means of the trichromatic visibility curves and the color triangle is, ..."

4. Outlines of Applied Optics by Perley Gilman Nutting (1912)
"To translate spectrophotometric results on spectral intensity into color by means of the trichromatic visibility curves and the color triangle is, ..."

5. Photographic Mosaics by Edward Livingston Wilson, Mathew Carey Lea (1898)
"trichromatic PHOTOGRAPHY. BY LEON VIDAL, Paris, France. ALTHOUGH a beautiful photograph, made after the ordinary manner, has always an incontestable charm, ..."

6. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1904)
"However, until a very recent date trichromatic work was chiefly associated with the photo-mechanical reproduction of oil paintings or still-life subjects, ..."

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