achromatism
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare French achromatisme.
Noun[edit]
achromatism (uncountable)
- (optics) The state or quality of being achromatic; achromaticity.
- the achromatism of a lens
- The state of being free of colors, not emitting or separating into colors.
- 1946, Mervyn Peake, “Mrs Slagg by Moonlight”, in Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode:
- No flaming flower relieved its black achromatism although that tree had been known long ago to burst open with a three-hour glory.
- Achromatopia.
Translations[edit]
state or quality of being achromatic
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state of being free of color
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achromatopia
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References[edit]
- “achromatism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Dorland's Pocket Medical Dictionary, 22nd edition, W. B. Saunders, 1977