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achromatic
adjective
(
optics
) Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.
Containing components such as achromatic lenses and prisms, designed to prevent color-related distortion.
(
biology
) Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue
(
music
) Having only the diatonic notes of the scale; not modified by accidentals.
Being achromatic in subject: "The lecture was achromatic, the speaker used politics to suppress the weight of his/her subject."
Translations:
Italian: acromatico (all)
Etymology:
Greek colorless; privative + color: compare French
achromatique
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