polychroicadj.

Brit.

/ˌpɒlɪˈkrəʊɪk/, U.S.

/ˌpɑliˈkroʊɪk/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πολύχροος , -ic suffix.

Etymology: < ancient Greek πολύχροος (see polychroism n.) + -ic suffix. Compare earlier polychromic adj., slightly earlier polychroism n. and pleochroic adj.

Now rare.

Multicoloured; (in Crystallography and Mineralogy) = pleochroic adj.

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pleochroic1854

polychroic1861

pleochromatic1864

pleochroous1864

pleochroitic1879

1861 L. L. Noble After Icebergs 125 Nature..is no monochromist, but polychroic.

1890 Nature 2 Jan. 215/1 Optical properties of the polychroic aureolas present in certain minerals.

2000 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 7/2 The laser light is reflected from a polychroic mirror.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	polychroic
释义	polychroicadj. Brit. /ˌpɒlɪˈkrəʊɪk/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈkroʊɪk/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πολύχροος , -ic suffix. Etymology: < ancient Greek πολύχροος (see polychroism n.) + -ic suffix. Compare earlier polychromic adj., slightly earlier polychroism n. and pleochroic adj. Now rare. Multicoloured; (in Crystallography and Mineralogy) = pleochroic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > iridescence > [adjective] > pleochroic pleochroic1854 polychroic1861 pleochromatic1864 pleochroous1864 pleochroitic1879 1861 L. L. Noble After Icebergs 125 Nature..is no monochromist, but polychroic. 1890 Nature 2 Jan. 215/1 Optical properties of the polychroic aureolas present in certain minerals. 2000 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 7/2 The laser light is reflected from a polychroic mirror. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1861
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