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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Chromatic

· Chro·mat·ic · IPA /kɹəˈmæt.ɪk/
01 a. Relating to color, or to colors.
  1. 1.
    Relating to color, or to colors.
  2. 2.
    Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or semitones) of the scale, instead of the regular intervals of the diatonic scale.(Mus.)
Phrases & compounds
Chromatic aberration — See Aberration, 4.
Chromatic printing — printing from type or blocks covered with inks of various colors.
Chromatic scale — the scale consisting of thirteen tones, including the eight scale tones and the five intermediate tones.