APOCHROMAT | • apochromat n. (Optics) A kind of lens corrected for chromatic and spherical aberration. • APOCHROMAT n. an apochromatic lens or instrument. |
AUXOCHROME | • auxochrome n. (Obsolete, chemistry) any atom or group which, when added to a chromophore, causes a bathochromic shift… • AUXOCHROME n. a group of atoms that can be attached to a chromogen to convert it into a dye. |
CYTOCHROME | • cytochrome n. Any of various related hemoproteins found in the cells of most organisms, which are an important part… • CYTOCHROME n. any of a group of substances in living cells, of great importance in cell oxidation. |
HEMOCHROME | • hemochrome n. (Organic chemistry) Any of several iron–porphyrin complexes having one or two basic ligands (normally amines). • HEMOCHROME n. a blood pigment, such as haemoglobin, that carries oxygen, also HAEMOCHROME. |
HOMOCHROMY | • homochromy n. (Zoology) The use, by an organism, of the same colour as its background as a means of protection. • HOMOCHROMY n. protective coloration. |
ISOCHRONAL | • isochronal adj. Having the same duration. • isochronal adj. Happening at regular periods; isochronous, periodic. • isochronal adj. (Computing, of data) Time-dependent. |
ISOCHRONES | • isochrones n. Plural of isochrone. • ISOCHRONE n. a line connecting points of equal time difference, also ISOCHRON. |
ISOCHROOUS | • isochroous adj. Of uniform color; isochromatic. • ISOCHROOUS adj. of uniform colour. |
LIPOCHROME | • lipochrome n. Any naturally-occurring, fat-soluble pigment such as carotenes or chlorophyll. • LIPOCHROME n. a pigment of butter fat etc. |
MONOCHROIC | • monochroic adj. Having only one colour. • MONOCHROIC adj. of one colour. • MONOCHROIC n. something of one colour. |
MONOCHROME | • monochrome n. A black and white image, especially such a photograph. • monochrome n. (Dated) A painting executed in shades of a single colour. • monochrome n. A ceramic glaze of a single colour; an object so glazed. |
MONOCHROMY | • monochromy n. (Dated) The art of painting or drawing in monochrome. • MONOCHROMY n. the art of painting or drawing in monochrome. |
OCHRACEOUS | • ochraceous adj. Ochre-colored. • OCHRACEOUS adj. containing or resembling ochre, also OCHERISH, OCHEROID, OCHEROUS, OCHERY, OCHREOUS, OCHREY, OCHROID, OCHROUS, OCHRY. |
PLEOCHROIC | • pleochroic adj. Having the property of pleochroism. • PLEOCHROIC adj. displaying different colours when seen from different directions, also POLYCHROIC. |
UROCHROMES | • urochromes n. Plural of urochrome. • UROCHROME n. an amorphous yellow pigment found in urine. |
XYLOCHROME | • xylochrome n. (Archaic) A kind of dye derived from the tannin in wood. • XYLOCHROME n. a mixture of substances to which the colour of heartwood is due. |