Chromatic

krō-mat′ik, adj. relating to colours: coloured: ( mus. ) relating to notes in a melodic progre ion, which are raised or lowered by accidentals, without changing the key of the pa age, and also to chords in which such notes occur.— ns. Chrōm′ate , a salt of chromic acid; Chrōmat′ics , the science of colours.— v.t. Chrō′matise , to impregnate with a chromate.— ns. Chrōmatog′raphy , a treatise on colours; Chrōmatol′ogy , the science of colours, or a treatise thereon; Chrōmat′ophore , one of the pigment-cells in animals: one of the granules in protoplasm: one of the brightly coloured bead-like bodies in the oral disc of certain actinias, .; Chrōmatop′sia , coloured vision; Chrō′matrope , an arrangement in a magic-lantern by which effects like those of the kaleidoscope are produced; Chrō′matype , Chrō′motype , a photographic proce by which a coloured impre ion of a picture is obtained.— adj. relating to the chromatype.— ns. Chrōme , Chrō′mium , a metal remarkable for the beautiful colours of its compounds.— adj. Chrōm′ic .— ns. Chrō′mite , a mineral consisting of oxide of chromium and iron; Chrō′mo-lith′ograph , or merely Chrō′mo , a lithograph printed in colours; Chrō′molithog′raphy ; Chrō′mosphere , a layer of incandescent red gas surrounding the sun through which the light of the photosphere pa es—also Chrōmat′osphere ; Chrō′mo-typog′raphy , typography in colours; Chrō′mo-xy′lograph , a picture printed in colours from wooden blocks; Chrō′mo-xylog′raphy .— Chromatic scale , a scale proceeding by semitones; Chromic acid , an acid of chromium, of an orange-red colour, much used in dyeing and bleaching. [Gr. chrōmatikos — chrōma , colour.]