1708
First Known Use of chromatic
1708
chromatic
Simple Definition of chromatic
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music : of or relating to a musical scale that has all semitones
Full Definition of chromatic
1 a : of or relating to color or color phenomena or sensations b : highly colored
2 : of or relating to chroma
3 a : of, relating to, or giving all the tones of the chromatic scale b : characterized by frequent use of accidentals
Examples of chromatic in a sentence
<the strikingly chromatic paintings of Matisse and the other Fauvists>
Origin and Etymology of chromatic
Greek chrōmatikos, from chrōmat-, chrōma skin, color, modified tone; akin to Greek chrōs color
First Known Use: 1630
Rhymes with chromatic
agnatic, aquatic, asthmatic, Carnatic, climatic, comatic, dalmatic, dogmatic, dramatic, ecstatic, emphatic, erratic, eustatic, fanatic, hepatic, judgmatic, komatik, lymphatic, magmatic, neumatic, phlegmatic, plasmatic, pneumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, protatic, quadratic, rheumatic, schematic, schismatic, sciatic, Socratic, somatic, spermatic, stigmatic, sylvatic, thematic, traumatic, villatic
Medical Dictionary
chromatic
playMedical Definition of chromatic
1: of, relating to, or characterized by color or color phenomena or sensations <chromatic perception> <chromatic stimuli>
2: capable of being colored by staining agents <chromatic substances>
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