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Vinony

panchromatic

adjective

  1. sensitive to light of all colors in the visible spectrum
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-énts Proto-Indo-European *ph₂énts? Proto-Hellenic *pánts Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs)der. Ancient Greek πᾰν- (păn-)bor. English pan- English chromatic English panchromatic From pan- + chromatic.

  1. sensitive to all visible colours
  2. sensitive to a wide range of wavelengths of light, typically most of the visible spectrum