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Meaning of 'chromatic' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Chromatic [ a.]
- Relating to color, or to colors.
- Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or semitones) of the scale, instead of the regular intervals of the diatonic scale.

Meaning of 'chromatic' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . chromatic [ a]
Meaning (1):
- based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones
Example in sentence:
  • a chromatic scale
Meaning (2):
- able to refract light without spectral color separation
Example in sentence:
  • chromatic lens

Nearby Words:

chrematistics chreotechnics chrestomathic chrestomathy chrism chrismal chrismation chrismatory chrisom christ

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