dichroic
Americanadjective
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(of a solution or uniaxial crystal) exhibiting dichroism
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another word for dichromatic
Etymology
Origin of dichroic
1860–65; < Greek díchro ( os ) of two colors + -ic; see di- 1, -chroic
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It features Siegel’s photographs, which were taken through dichroic lenses, and scans of ink drawings on rice paper.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
Hung high on the walls like church icons, sculptures by olivas consist of garden shears wired onto small puddles of iridescent, dichroic glass.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
These materials are called dichroic and can produce polarization by this preferential absorption.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
A different sun-filled room is occupied by a pair of works by Alyson Shotz made of thin bands of a semi-reflective material called dichroic acrylic.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2012
A single glance suffices to distinguish between a ruby and a “spinel-ruby,” since the former is dichroic and the latter isotropic and therefore not dichroic.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
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