Defn: A compound which exhibits, or from which may be prepared, a variety of colors, as certain solutions derived from vegetables, which display colors by fluorescence.
POLYCHROMATIC
Pol`y*chro*mat"ic, a. Etym: [Poly- + chromatic.]
Defn: Showing a variety, or a change, of colors. Polychromatic acid (Old Chem.), a substance obtained by the action of nitric acid on aloes.
POLYCHROME
Pol"y*chrome, n. Etym: [Poly- + Gr. (Chem.)
Defn: Esculin; — so called in allusion to its fluorescent solutions.
[R.]
POLYCHROME
Pol"y*chrome, a. Etym: [Cf. F. polychrome.]
Defn: Executed in the manner of polychromy; as, polychrome printing.
POLYCHROMIC
Pol`y*chro"mic, a. Etym: [Poly- + (sense 1) Gr. chromic.]
1. Polychromatic.
2. (Chem.)