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
Abdiel’s is more fluid, polychromatic, drawing from other dance wells, a different set of accumulated experience.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
When be became an extensive purchaser of drab segments of fossilized soap, bottles of sticky brilliantine with a chemical odour, and postcards worked with polychromatic silk, the billet began to make inquiries.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 28, 1919 by Various
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