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i|so|chro|mat|ic
i|so|chro|mat|ic «Y suh kroh MAT ihk», adjective.
1. Optics. of the same color or tint, as two lines or curves in a figure formed when light waves going through a biaxial crystal interfere.
2. Physics. having to do with the variations involved when radiation is of constant wave length or frequency.

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