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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (of light or other electromagnetic radiation) composed of more than one wavelength; "polychromatic light" [ant: homochromatic, monochromatic]
2: having or exhibiting many colors [syn: polychromatic, polychrome, polychromic]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Greek polychr?matos, from poly- + chr?mat-, chr?ma color — more at chromatic Date: circa 1841 1. showing a variety or a change of colors ; multicolored 2. being or relating to radiation that is composed of more than one wavelength

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 many coloured. 2 (of radiation) containing more than one wavelength. Derivatives: polychromatism n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Polychromatic Pol`y*chro*mat"ic, a. [Poly- + chromatic.] Showing a variety, or a change, of colors. Polychromatic acid (Old Chem.), a substance obtained by the action of nitric acid on aloes.

Moby Thesaurus

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