dichromism


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di·chro·ma·tism

 (dī-krō′mə-tĭz′əm) also di·chro·mism (-mĭz′əm)
n.
1. The quality or condition of having or exhibiting two colors.
2. A form of colorblindness in which only two of the three fundamental colors can be distinguished due to a lack of one of the cone pigments.
di′cro·mat′ic (-măt′ĭk) adj.
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dichromism

(daɪˈkrəʊmɪzəm)
n
the state of being dichromic
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He covers the Raman effect, normal mode vibration, the elucidation of bond polarizabilities, the Raman virtual states, more applications, the extension to Raman optical activity, more applications on Raman optical activity, intramolecular enantiomerism, the unified classical theory for Raman optical activity and vibrational circular dichromism. ([umlaut] Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)
Raman Spectroscopy: An Intensity Approach
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