Definitions for chromatic
kroʊˈmæt ɪk, krə-chro·mat·ic

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chromaticadjective

   able to refract light without spectral color separation

   "chromatic lens"

2. chromaticadjective

   based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones

   "a chromatic scale"

3. chromaticadjective

   being or having or characterized by hue

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chromaticadjective

   Relating to or characterised by hue.

2. chromaticadjective

   Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.

3. chromaticadjective

   Regarding all twelve traditional Western pitch classes, regardless of temperament or intonation; Regarding entire sets of alternative pitch class systems.

4. Etymology: From χρῶμα.

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1. chromatic

   Chromatic refers to relating to color or colors, involving modifications in pitch that imply a change of key, or characterised by a series of notes that are not part of any particular major or minor scale. It has specific definitions in different fields like music, optics, biology etc. Generally, it's associated with features or phenomena that involve a multitude of colors or varying pitches.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chromaticadjective

   relating to color, or to colors

2. Chromaticadjective

   proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or semitones) of the scale, instead of the regular intervals of the diatonic scale

3. Etymology: [L. chromaticus, Gr. , suited for color, fr. , , color; akin to color, skin, color of the skin.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Chromatic

   krō-mat′ik, adj. relating to colours: coloured: (mus.) relating to notes in a melodic progression, which are raised or lowered by accidentals, without changing the key of the passage, and also to chords in which such notes occur.—ns. Chrōm′ate, a salt of chromic acid; Chrōmat′ics, the science of colours.—v.t. Chrō′matise, to impregnate with a chromate.—ns. Chrōmatog′raphy, a treatise on colours; Chrōmatol′ogy, the science of colours, or a treatise thereon; Chrōmat′ophore, one of the pigment-cells in animals: one of the granules in protoplasm: one of the brightly coloured bead-like bodies in the oral disc of certain actinias, &c.; Chrōmatop′sia, coloured vision; Chrō′matrope, an arrangement in a magic-lantern by which effects like those of the kaleidoscope are produced; Chrō′matype, Chrō′motype, a photographic process by which a coloured impression of a picture is obtained.—adj. relating to the chromatype.—ns. Chrōme, Chrō′mium, a metal remarkable for the beautiful colours of its compounds.—adj. Chrōm′ic.—ns. Chrō′mite, a mineral consisting of oxide of chromium and iron; Chrō′mo-lith′ograph, or merely Chrō′mo, a lithograph printed in colours; Chrō′molithog′raphy; Chrō′mosphere, a layer of incandescent red gas surrounding the sun through which the light of the photosphere passes—also Chrōmat′osphere; Chrō′mo-typog′raphy, typography in colours; Chrō′mo-xy′lograph, a picture printed in colours from wooden blocks; Chrō′mo-xylog′raphy.—Chromatic scale, a scale proceeding by semitones; Chromic acid, an acid of chromium, of an orange-red colour, much used in dyeing and bleaching. [Gr. chrōmatikos—chrōma, colour.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chromatic in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chromatic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of chromatic in a Sentence

1. Bevil Conway:

   What's happening here is your visual system is looking at this thing, and you're trying to discount the chromatic bias of the daylight axis, so people either discount the blue side, in which case they end up seeing white and gold, or discount the gold side, in which case they end up with blue and black.

2. Vladan Kuzmanović:

   Sabism is a thematic pallet, philosophical colourism, chromatic signature and dual art, soft scale, poetics of attractiveness, mythologism, actual value, logism of color, active color, logical panel.

3. Vladan Kuzmanović:

   Sabism is an art and theatric movement of 21st century occupied with the philotipes, mythologic forms, schematism and chromatic scales, dual art, logism of color, cult art, conglomeration. As an art movement it tries to explore word act, group performance, collective structure, fruitfulness and aesthetics of multitude through philotipes as implicit connotation of colors or schemes in their general use (honeysuckle yellow, female, courtly, savage, dionysiaque).

4. Peter Anderson:

   Randy Wolfe did not create the descending chromatic scale.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=chromatic
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chromatic
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chromatic
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=chromatic