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Polychrome

Pol′y-chrome

,
Noun.
[
Poly-
+ Gr. [GREEK] color.]
(Chem.)
Esculin; – so called in allusion to its fluorescent solutions.
[R.]

Pol′y-chrome

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
polychrome
.]
Executed in the manner of polychromy;
as,
polychrome
printing
.

Definition 2024


polychrome

polychrome

See also: polychromé

English

Adjective

polychrome (not comparable)

  1. Using multiple colours
  2. Executed in the manner of polychromy
    polychrome printing

Related terms

Translations

Noun

polychrome (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) esculin (so called in allusion to its fluorescent solutions)

References

  • polychrome in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

French

Adjective

polychrome m, f (plural polychromes)

  1. polychrome
  2. multicoloured

Verb

polychrome

  1. first-person singular present indicative of polychromer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of polychromer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of polychromer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of polychromer
  5. second-person singular imperative of polychromer