Etymology

thermochromy

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Today it means: The property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility, which are unequal in rate or degree of transmission through diathermic substances. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χρῶμα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχρῶμα“colour”
  2. English todaythermochromy

From thermo- + Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekχρῶμα all →

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