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achromaticity
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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ach·ro·ma·tic·i·ty       [ak-roh-muh-tis-i-tee, ey-kroh-] Pronunciation Key
–noun Optics.
achromatism.
[Origin: 1835–45; achromatic + -ity]
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ach·ro·mat·ic       (āk'rə-māt'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Designating color perceived to have zero saturation and therefore no hue, such as neutral grays, white, or black.
  2. Refracting light without spectral color separation.
  3. Biology Difficult to stain with standard dyes. Used in reference to cells or tissues.
  4. Music Having only the diatonic tones of the scale.


[From Greek akhrōmatos : a-, without; see a-1 + khrōma, khrōmat-, color.]

ach'ro·mat'i·cal·ly adv., a·chro'ma·tism (ā-krō'mə-tĭz'əm), a·chro'ma·tic'i·ty (-tĭs'ĭ-tē) n.
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achromaticity

noun
the visual property of being without chromatic color [syn: colorlessness] [ant: color] 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Achromaticity

Ach`ro*ma*tic"i*ty\, n. Achromatism.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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