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tetrachromacy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌtɛtɹəˈkɹoʊməsi/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- Proto-Hellenic *kʰrṓwmə Ancient Greek χρῶμᾰ (khrômă) English chromo- English -acy English tetrachromacy From tetra- + chromo- + -acy.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of having four independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.

Relateds

tetrachromat · tetrachromatic

Translations (6)

fr tétrachromatie (having four independent channels for conveying color in the eye) · fi nelivärinäkö (having four independent channels for conveying color in the eye) · fr tétrachromatisme (having four independent channels for conveying color in the eye) · fi tetrakromaattinen värinäkö (having four independent channels for conveying color in the eye) · et tetrakromaasia (having four independent channels for conveying color in the eye) · et neljavärvinägemine (having four independent channels for conveying color in the eye)