Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having or exhibiting many colors.
- adjective Of or composed of radiation of more than one wavelength.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Many-colored: as, polychromatic light.
- In mineralogy, exhibiting a play of colors
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Showing a variety, or a change, of colors.
- adjective (Old Chem.) a substance obtained by the action of nitric acid on aloes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Showing a variety, or a change, of colours; having many
colours ;multicoloured . - adjective physics Composed of more than one
wavelength .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of light or other electromagnetic radiation) composed of more than one wavelength
- adjective having or exhibiting many colors
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Examples
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She and Mr. Sauerbruch design what she calls polychromatic buildings, which incorporate color as a building material.
Green With Style: 2008
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Their walls are covered with paintings of the highest interest; their ceilings are rich in polychromatic decoration; and many are adorned with pillared porches cut in the solid rock.
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The building, surrounded by gardens and approached through a grand gateway, was damaged by artillery in the Spanish civil war but still contains a riot of Moorish-influenced tiling, carved cedar doors, polychromatic wooden panels, and fine columns and arches reminiscent of the Alhambra.
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The church where the mass was held is also an impressive example of polychromatic Gothic revival, and is worth studying in detail.
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This inevitably begins by voluntarily connecting a personal story to a larger one, or several larger ones, and is a purpose-driven path to express polychromatic civic values.
Mehret Mandefro: The Revolution of Relevance Mehret Mandefro 2010
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His face liquefies, drips chin residue into a polychromatic pool.
Monkeytown excerpt 5 Chris Vola 2011
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The building, surrounded by gardens and approached through a grand gateway, was damaged by artillery in the Spanish civil war but still contains a riot of Moorish-influenced tiling, carved cedar doors, polychromatic wooden panels, and fine columns and arches reminiscent of the Alhambra.
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Seurat's works in the Milwaukee exhibition include an unusual polychromatic drawing, "The Meadow," on loan from the Guggenheim.
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This inevitably begins by voluntarily connecting a personal story to a larger one, or several larger ones, and is a purpose-driven path to express polychromatic civic values.
Mehret Mandefro: The Revolution of Relevance Mehret Mandefro 2010
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After a car crash in 2008 sidelined bassist Chi Cheng with a brain injury, his Sacramento bandmates shelved finished album Eros and enlisted fill-in Sergio Vega to embark on an uplifting, polychromatic homage to their fallen brother.
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