ACHROMATIC
\ˌakɹə͡ʊmˈatɪk], \ˌakɹəʊmˈatɪk], \ˌa_k_ɹ_əʊ_m_ˈa_t_ɪ_k]\
Definitions of ACHROMATIC
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress"
By Princeton University
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being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors.
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Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; - said of tissue.
By Oddity Software
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Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors.
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Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; - said of tissue.
By Noah Webster.
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Colorless: a term used in optical work to describe glass that transmits light without affecting its quality; as, the achromatic lens of a camera; in music, without accidentals or modulation.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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