achromatism

English

Etymology

Compare French achromatisme.

Noun

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

state or quality of being achromatic

Finnish: akromaattisuus
Polish: achromatyczność (pl) f, achromatyzm (pl) m
Portuguese: acromatismo m

state of being free of color

Finnish: värittömyys (fi)

achromatopia

Finnish: värisokeus (fi)
French: achromatisme (fr)
Interlingua: achromatismo
Polish: achromatopsja (pl) f, achromatyzm (pl) m
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

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