chromatic
pertaining to color or colors.
Music.
involving a modification of the normal scale by the use of accidentals.
progressing by semitones, especially to a tone having the same letter name, as in C to C sharp.
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Origin of chromatic
1Other words from chromatic
- chro·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
- non·chro·mat·ic, adjective
- non·chro·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
- un·chro·mat·ic, adjective
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How to use chromatic in a sentence
If you’re doodling on a page and you draw a linear hypergraph, its chromatic index will probably be far less than its number of vertices.
Mathematicians Settle Erdős Coloring Conjecture | Kelsey Houston-Edwards | April 5, 2021 | Quanta MagazineWhile Erdős, Faber and Lovász knew about these three extreme hypergraphs, they didn’t know if there were any others that also have the maximum chromatic index.
Mathematicians Settle Erdős Coloring Conjecture | Kelsey Houston-Edwards | April 5, 2021 | Quanta MagazineComplete graphs with an odd number of vertices have the maximum chromatic index allowed by the Erdős-Faber-Lovász conjecture.
Mathematicians Settle Erdős Coloring Conjecture | Kelsey Houston-Edwards | April 5, 2021 | Quanta MagazineThe conjecture predicts that the chromatic index of a linear hypergraph is never more than its number of vertices.
Mathematicians Settle Erdős Coloring Conjecture | Kelsey Houston-Edwards | April 5, 2021 | Quanta MagazineIf you slightly modify one of the three extreme hypergraphs, the result will typically also have the maximum chromatic index.
Mathematicians Settle Erdős Coloring Conjecture | Kelsey Houston-Edwards | April 5, 2021 | Quanta Magazine
Inside the bus, the walls are plastered with famous figures over swirls of chromatic paint.
If the genus is chromatic, as M. Ruelle is disposed to think, they are g-a-a♯-b-d-e-f.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning MonroAlong with this change we have to note the comparative disuse of the Enharmonic and chromatic divisions of the tetrachord.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning MonroThe outlines of things under these rainbow-tinted undulations produced the chromatic effects of optical glasses made too convex.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor HugoIt contains nothing notable, except perhaps the descending chromatic successions of chords of the sixth.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksObserve now the chromatic variety and beauty produced by intelligent horticulture!
Unveiling a Parallel | Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Marchant
British Dictionary definitions for chromatic
/ (krəˈmætɪk) /
of, relating to, or characterized by a colour or colours
music
involving the sharpening or flattening of notes or the use of such notes in chords and harmonic progressions
of or relating to the chromatic scale or an instrument capable of producing it: a chromatic harmonica
of or relating to chromaticism: Compare diatonic
Origin of chromatic
1Derived forms of chromatic
- chromatically, adverb
- chromaticism, noun
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Scientific definitions for chromatic
[ krō-măt′ĭk ]
Relating to color or colors.
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