achromaticity

ach·ro·mat·ic

 (ăk′rə-măt′ĭk, ā′krə-)

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.

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

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ach′ro·mat′i·cal·ly adv.

a·chro′ma·tic′i·ty (-tĭs′ĭ-tē) n.

a·chro′ma·tism (ā-krō′mə-tĭz′əm) n.

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achromaticity

1. the total absence of color.
2. the ability to emit, reflect, or transmit light without breaking down into separate colors. Also achromatism.

See also: Color

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

achromaticity - the visual property of being without chromatic color achromatism, colorlessness, colourlessness visual property - an attribute of vision achromia - an absence of normal pigmentation especially in the skin (as in albinism) or in red blood cells

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Translations

achromatisme