Definition of Chrometic
Chro*mat"ic (?), a. [L.
chromaticus, Gr. &?;, suited for color, fr. &?;, &?;,
color; akin to &?; color, &?; skin, color of the skin.]
1. Relating to color, or to
colors.
2. (Mus.) Proceeding by the
smaller intervals (half steps or semitones) of the scale, instead
of the regular intervals of the diatonic scale.
&fist; The intermediate tones were formerly written and
printed in colors.
Chromatic aberration. (Opt.) See
Aberration, 4. -- Chromatic
printing, printing from type or blocks covered with
inks of various colors. -- Chromatic scale
(Mus.), the scale consisting of thirteen tones,
including the eight scale tones and the five intermediate
tones.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Relating to or characterised by hue.
- Having the capacity to refract colours without seperating spectral colors.
- (music) Using twelve equally tempered pitch classes.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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