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Achromatic vs Achromatin - What's the difference?

achromatic | achromatin |

In biology terms the difference between achromatic and achromatin

is that achromatic is uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue while achromatin is tissue which is not stained by fluid dyes.

As an adjective achromatic

is free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.

As a noun achromatin is

tissue which is not stained by fluid dyes.

achromatic

English

Adjective

(en 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.

    Related terms

    * achromaticity * achromatism * achromatic lens * achromatic prism * chromatic

    achromatin

    English

    Noun

  • (biology) Tissue which is not stained by fluid dyes.

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