chromatic

形容词 adj.
/kɹəˈmæt.ɪk/|/kɹəʊˈmæt.ɪk/    /kɹəˈmæt.ɪk/|/kɹoʊˈmæt.ɪk/|[-ɾɪk]

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Uses relating to colour; Characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue. not-comparable,usually
  2. Relating to chromatin (a complex of DNA, RNA, and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division). not-comparable
    — Each nucleus has, then, (1) a protoplasmic body, and (2) a portion formed of nuclein, which is the chromatin of [Walther] Flemming. […] The chromatic reticulum of Flemming is only an appearance due to the regular crossing of its convolutions, rarely to their temporary union.
  3. Uses relating to colour; Brightly coloured; colourful, vivid. comparable,not-comparable,usually
  4. Uses relating to colour; Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction. not-comparable,usually
  5. Uses relating to colour; Relating to colorings of graphs. not-comparable,usually
  6. One of three types of tetrachord (the others being the diatonic and enharmonic), with an interval between half and four-fifths of the total interval of a tetrachord. historical,not-comparable,usually
  7. Relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written. not-comparable,usually
    — All the intervals of the scale that are a whole tone (step) distant from each other may be divided into half tones, (small steps), forming an entire scale of small intervals, (half tones), called the Chromatic Scale. […] All the tones (steps) of the scale being thus divided, either by means of the sharp or flat, we shall have for our Chromatic Scale thirteen intervals, of a half tone (small step) each.
  8. Moving in semitones. not-comparable,usually

词形变化

more chromatic comparative most chromatic superlative

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from French chromatique (“chromatic”) or directly from its etymon Latin chrōmaticus, from Ancient Greek χρωματικός (khrōmatikós, “relating to colour; one of the three types of tetrachord in Greek music”), from χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour; pigment; chromatic scale in music; music”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to grind; to rub; to stroke; to remove”), perhaps in the sense of the grinding of pigments) + -τῐκός (-tĭkós, suffix forming adjectives); analysable as chroma + -tic.
词源 2
From chromatin + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns).
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