Dichromatic
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Dichromatic may refer to:
- Dichromacy, a form of color-blindness in which only two light wavelengths are distinguished rather than the usual three
- Dichromatic, describing an optical device which splits light into two parts according to its wavelength: a form of dichroismDichroismDichroism has two related but distinct meanings in optics. A dichroic material is either one which causes visible light to be split up into distinct beams of different wavelengths , or one in which light rays having different polarizations are absorbed by different amounts.The original meaning of...