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What is the difference between achromatic and achromatize?

achromatic | achromatize |

As a adjective achromatic

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

As a verb achromatize is

to deprive of colour; to make achromatic.

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

    achromatize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * achromatise (UK)

    Verb

    (achromatiz)
  • To deprive of colour; to make achromatic.
  • To remove chromatic aberration from an optical system