achromatism

English

Etymology

Compare French achromatisme.

Noun

achromatism (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being achromatic; achromaticity.

   the achromatism of a lens

2. The state of being free of colors, not emitting or separating into colors.
   • 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, “Mrs Slagg by Moonlight”

     No flaming flower relieved its black achromatism although that tree had been known long ago to burst open with a three-hour glory.

3. Achromatopia.

Translations

state or quality of being achromatic

• Finnish: akromaattisuus
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• Portuguese: acromatismo m

state of being free of color

• Finnish: värittömyys (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

achromatopia

• Finnish: värisokeus (fi)
• French: achromatisme (fr)
• Interlingua: achromatismo
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• Russian: ахромати́зм (ru) m (axromatízm)
• Spanish: acromatismo (es)

References

• “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