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What does chromatic mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word chromatic? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Relating to or characterised by hue.
  2. Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.
  3. (music) Related to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is written.
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The two-element lenses used in today's achromats greatly reduce the chromatic aberration.
The absolute easiest way to tune a requinto is with an inexpensive electronic fully chromatic tuner.
Haydn composed this piece to show the chromatic possibility of the then-new keyed trumpet.
String bends, two-handed tapping, arpeggios, chromatic notes, and whammy bar dumps blaze through the leads with refreshing unpredictability.
Ex. 4 shows an octave of the chromatic scale beginning on C, notated in sharps ascending and flats descending.
The apochromatic lens, therefore, corrects for chromatic aberration to a greater degree than does an achromatic lens.

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