chromatic
Uses relating to colourUses relating to colour: Characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue.
» The chromatic thirds in this composition pose a significant technical challenge for the performer.
Meaning
8 sensesUses relating to colour
(not comparable, usually)Characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue.
хромати́ческийxromatíčeskij, цветно́йcvetnój
being or having or characterized by hue
(comparable, not comparable, usually)Brightly coloured; colourful, vivid.
(not comparable, usually)Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.
(not comparable, usually)Relating to colorings of graphs.
(historical, not comparable, usually)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.
(not comparable, usually)Relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written.
chromatisch
хромати́ческийxromatíčeskij
(not comparable, usually)Moving in semitones.
based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones
(not comparable)Relating to chromatin (a complex of DNA, RNA, and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division).
Examples
2 sentencesThe chromatic thirds in this composition pose a significant technical challenge for the performer.
To the chagrin of many Western composers, steel drums, or steelpans, tend not to be fully chromatic.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French chromatique (“chromatic”) or directly from its etymon Latin chrōmaticBorrowed 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.
From chromatin + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns).
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Forms
more chromatic, most chromatic| Comparative | more chromatic Lesson |
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Antonyms
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