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Take one cone away — go from being what scientists call a trichromat to a dichromat — and the number of possible combinations drops a factor of 100, to 10,000.
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Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 17 June 2012
Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 17 June 2012
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Word History
Etymology
borrowed from German Dichromat, back-formation from dichromatisch dichromatic
First Known Use
circa 1909, in the meaning defined above
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“Dichromat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dichromat. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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Medical Definition
dichromat
noun
di·chro·mat
ˈdī-krō-ˌmat 
(ˈ)dī-ˈ
(ˈ)dī-ˈ
: one affected with dichromatism
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