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Chromatic vs Dispersion - What's the difference?

chromatic | dispersion |

As an adjective chromatic

is relating to or characterised by hue.

As a noun dispersion is

dispersion, dispersal.

chromatic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Relating to or characterised by hue.
  • Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.
  • (music) Related to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is written.

    • Derived terms

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    External links

    * * * English words suffixed with -atic

    dispersion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The state of being dispersed; dispersedness.
  • A process of dispersing.
  • The degree of scatter of data.
  • (optics) The separation of visible light by refraction or diffraction.
  • (medicine) The removal of inflammation.

    • Related terms

    * dispersivity

    References

    * Chambers's Etymological Dictionary , 1896, p. 131