polychromatic
Americanadjective
adjective
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having various or changing colours
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(of light or other electromagnetic radiation) containing radiation with more than one wavelength
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Consisting of or related to radiation of more than one wavelength.
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Of or having many colors.
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Compare monochromatic
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Origin of polychromatic
Example Sentences
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Eyelash vipers are famously polychromatic, which means their appearances can vary widely, even among snakes born in the same litter.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 13, 2024
"Many snails are polychromatic -- within the same species, you get different colors," says Bieler.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2023
Abdiel’s is more fluid, polychromatic, drawing from other dance wells, a different set of accumulated experience.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
They were latchkey kids curled over guitars, strumming power chords and expressing themselves through polychromatic hair dye and their “light punk” band Plunk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2019
Thine the voice, the dance obey; Tempered to thy pleasant sway, Blue and Buff, Orange and Green, In polychromatic harmony are seen, As on a bright Jeune day.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 14, 1891 by Various
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