Etymology

trichromacy

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Today it means: The quality of having three independent channels for conveying color information in the eye. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χρῶμα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχρῶμα“color”
  2. English todaytrichromacy

tri- + Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekχρῶμα all →

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