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
Then out of his door and down the walk strode—not the polychromatic victim of a lost summertime, but the sheepman, rehabilitated.
From Heart of the West [Annotated] by Loewenstein, Joseph E.
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