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chro·mat·ic

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–adjective

1.	pertaining to color or colors.

Music.

a.	involving a modification of the normal scale by the use of accidentals.

b.	progressing by semitones, esp. to a tone having the same letter name, as in C to C sharp.

[Origin: 1590–1600; < Gk chrōmatikós, equiv. to chrōmat- (see chromato-) + -ikos -ic

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—Related forms

chro·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb

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chromatic aberration: see aberration, in optics.

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