dichroisticadj.
/ˌdʌɪkrəʊˈɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌdaɪkroʊˈɪstɪk/ Science.
= dichroic adj.
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dichroitic1822
dichromatica1830
dichroic1849
dichroous1856
dichromic1860
dichroistic1877
bicolour1889
two-toned1897
twi-coloured1903
two-tone1906
bichrome1929
duotone1934
1877 tr. K. H. Bartels in tr. H. W. von Ziemssen Cycl. Pract. Med. XV. 18 The diffusion of the coloring matter of the blood through the urine..may be recognized by a very unequivocal feature: the fluid is dichroistic, looks either red or green, according as it is regarded by transmitted or reflected light.
1908 U.S. Patent 878,964 1/1 The barium lake especially exhibits strongly dichroistic properties. This lake, when thickly applied, is of a bright orange-red..; thinly applied it is of a very pure blue-red shade.
1972 FEBS Lett. 26 268/1 The CD spectra of all preparations had a negative dichroistic absorption in the far ultraviolet region.
2009 Jrnl. Physics: Conf. Series 194 022027/2 These dichroistic effects are directly related to the non-uniform population of the magnetic substates of the target atom.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1877