CHROMATIC


Meaning of CHROMATIC in English

adj.1 of or produced by colour; in (esp. bright) colours.

2 Mus. a of or having notes not belonging to a diatonic scale. b (of a scale) ascending or descending by semitones.

Phrases and idioms:

chromatic aberration Optics the failure of different wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation to come to the same focus after refraction. chromatic semitone Mus. an interval between a note and its flat or sharp.

Derivatives:

chromatically adv. chromaticism n.

Etymology: F chromatique or L chromaticus f. Gk khromatikos f. khroma -atos colour

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.