Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Chromatic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chromatic \Chro*mat"ic\, a. [L. chromaticus, Gr. ?, suited for
color, fr. ?, ?, color; akin to ? color, ? skin, color of the
skin.]
1. Relating to color, or to colors.
2. (Mus.) Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or
semitones) of the scale, instead of the regular intervals
of the diatonic scale.
Note: The intermediate tones were formerly written and
printed in colors.
{Chromatic aberration}. (Opt.) See {Aberration}, {4}.
{Chromatic printing}, printing from type or blocks covered
with inks of various colors.
{Chromatic scale} (Mus.), the scale consisting of thirteen
tones, including the eight scale tones and the five
intermediate tones.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chromatic
adj 1: able to refract light without spectral color separation;
"chromatic lens"
2: (music) based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones; "a
chromatic scale" [ant: {diatonic}]
3: being or having or characterized by hue [ant: {achromatic}]
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