Part 1902

<hw>Christ's-thorn`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in Palestine, especially the <spn>Paliurus aculeatus</spn>, <spn>Zizyphus Spina-Christi</spn>, and <spn>Z. vulgaris</spn>. The last bears the fruit called <i>jujube</i>, and may be considered to have been the most readily obtainable for the Crown of Thorns.</def>

<h1>Chromascope</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chro"ma*scope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ color + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for showing the optical effects of color.</def>

<h1>Chromate</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chro"mate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>chromate</ets>. See <er>Chrome</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of chromic acid.</def>

<h1>Chromatic</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chro*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>chromaticus</ets>, Gr. <?/, suited for color, fr. <?/, <?/, color; akin to <?/ color, <?/ skin, color of the skin.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Relating to color, or to colors.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or semitones) of the scale, instead of the regular intervals of the diatonic scale.</def>

<note>&hand; The intermediate tones were formerly written and printed in colors.</note>

<cs><col>Chromatic aberration</col>. <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Aberration</er>, <er>4</er>.</cd> -- <col>Chromatic printing</col>, <cd>printing from type or blocks covered with inks of various colors.</cd> -- <col>Chromatic scale</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>the scale consisting of thirteen tones, including the eight scale tones and the five intermediate tones.</cd></cs>

<h1>Chromatical</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chro*mat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Chromatic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Chromatically</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chro*mat"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a chromatic manner.</def>

<h1>Chromatics</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chro*mat"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The science of colors; that part of optics which treats of the properties of colors.</def>

<h1>Chromatin</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chro"ma*tin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, color.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Tissue which is capable of being stained by dyes.</def>

<h1>Chromatism</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chro"ma*tism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a coloring.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Optics)</fld> <def>The state of being colored, as in the case of images formed by a lens.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An abnormal coloring of plants.</def>

<h1>Chromatogenous</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chro`ma*tog"e*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, color + <ets>-genous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Producing color.</def>

<h1>Chromatography</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chro`ma*tog"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, color + <ets>-graphy</ets>.]</ety> <def>A treatise on colors</def>

<h1>Chromatology</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chro`ma*tol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, color + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>A treatise on colors.</def>