panchromatic
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- panchromatism noun
Etymology
Origin of panchromatic
Example Sentences
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This panchromatic absorption of the complex is reminiscent of the dark color of Braunstein or manganese dioxide, which is a natural mineral.
From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2024
First he invented the panchromatic base, a tan cream which would evenly reflect all lights, thus keep faces or lips from fading out.
From Time Magazine Archive
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His film was Du Pont Superior panchromatic, hypersensitized to half again its rated speed by exposing it to fumes of the strongest ammonia obtainable in a closed box for four minutes.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Descriptions of raising, grading, priming and selling tobacco result in a fragment of U.S. social-and-economic history so simple and sound that not even Mrs. Chevalier's panchromatic prose can make it much less.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Dad said the first ship would create a settlement in the habitable zone, and we’d have to locate them from space using panchromatic imagery.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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