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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He repurposes offcuts into smaller experiments, including rhythmic, polychromatic wall-mounted pieces hanging in his own home; one is above the white oak fireplace mantle he hand-chiseled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
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
Each pill is rendered in concentric bands so that they resemble restless, polychromatic irises, or Wayne Thiebaud’s glowing confections, if Thiebaud painted sherbert-ringed icons of existential pain.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
It is a polychromatic village of little square houses, cheerfully dreary, and one does not see its uses except to be out of the way.
From The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia by Cora Gordon
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