ALLOCHROMATIC


Meaning of ALLOCHROMATIC in English

/al'euh kreuh mat"ik, -kroh-/ , adj.

1. Physical Chem. pertaining to or having photochemical properties resulting from an impurity or from exposure to radiation.

2. Mineral. (of a mineral) having no color in itself but bearing colored impurities. Cf. idiochromatic .

[ 1875-80; ALLO- + CHROMATIC ]

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