noun
- The quality or condition of having or exhibiting two colors; the state of being dichromatic.
- A form of color blindness in which a person can perceive only two of the three primary colors.
Usage: plural form of dichromatism; technical term used in biology, chemistry, and materials science
Usage: medical/scientific context; plural form of dichromatism
Examples
- The mineral exhibited several dichromatisms depending on the angle of light exposure.
- Certain dichromatisms in vision are inherited as recessive traits.
- The artist studied the dichromatisms of the fabric under different lighting conditions.
- Red-green color blindness is one of the most common dichromatisms in humans.
- The gemstone's dichromatisms made it appear different colors when viewed from various directions.