Achromatic

Definitions: Achromatic

Achromatic

Adjective

1. 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".

2. Being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light; "black leather jackets"; "as black as coal"; "rich black soil".

3. Having no hue.

Date "achromatic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1891. (references)

Etymology: Achromatic \Ach`ro*mat"ic\, adjective. [Greek expression colorless; 'a priv. + color: compare to the French expression achromatique.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Electrical Engineering	A)having no distinguishable hue; b)neutral. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	In microscopy, a compound lens that does not spread white light into itsspectral colors. CF:aberration. (references)
Physics	Pertaining to a lens or an optical system corrected for, or free from, chromatic aberration. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Achromatic

Synonyms: black (adj), white (adj). (additional references)

Antonyms: black (adj), chromatic (adj), white (adj). (additional references)

Domain	Title
High Tech	Meade 25mm Modified achromatic Eyepiece (1.25" O.D.) (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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"Achromatic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Achromatic" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	3	202,518

Expressions using "achromatic": achromatic color ♦ achromatic colour ♦ Achromatic condenser ♦ Achromatic lens ♦ achromatic locus ♦ Achromatic prism ♦ Achromatic telescope ♦ achromatic vision ♦ perceived achromatic color ♦ perceived achromatic colour ♦ psychophysical achromatic color ♦ psychophysical achromatic colour. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "achromatic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		akromatik, i pangjyrë (colorless, colourless, emasculate, neutral). (various references)

Arabic		‏أكروماتي كاسر للضوء من غير أن يحلله. (various references)

Bulgarian		неоцветен (plain, uncolored, uncoloured), ахроматичен, безцветен (bleak, colorless, colourless, dim, toneless, white). (various references)

Chinese		消色. (various references)

Czech		achromatický, bezbarvý (colorless, colourless, wan). (various references)

Danish		akromatisk, achromatisk. (various references)

Dutch		kleurloos. (various references)

Finnish		akromaattinen, väritön (colourless). (various references)

French		achromatique. (various references)

German		achromatisch. (various references)

Greek		αχρωματικός. (various references)

Hungarian		színtelen (bald, colorless, colourless, hueless, languid, pale, sallow, toneless, white), akromatikus. (various references)

Indonesian		tak berwarna. (various references)

Italian		acromatico. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		無色 (colourless). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		むしょく (colourless, without an occupation). (various references)

Manx		neughaahoil. (various references)

Pig Latin		achromaticay

Portuguese		acromático. (various references)

Romanian		acromatic (colorless, colourless). (various references)

Russian		бесцветный (colorless, colourless, drab). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		ahromatski, bezbojan (colorless, colourless, toneless). (various references)

Spanish		acromático. (various references)

Swedish		akromatisk. (various references)

Turkish		akromatik, renksemez, perdesi değişmeyen. (various references)

Ukranian		ахроматичний, бзебарвний, безколірний. (various references)

Vietnamese		không sắc (achromatous). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "achromatic": achromatically. (additional references)
	Words ending with "achromatic": metachromatic. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Achromatic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: achoromatic, astromantic. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-h-i-m-o-r-t"
	-1 letter: chromatic.
	-2 letters: achromat, achromic, aircoach, aromatic, thoracic, trachoma, trochaic.
	-3 letters: acmatic, acromia, acrotic, archaic, carioca, caroach, chaotic, chariot, chromic, cithara, cochair, comatic, haricot, macchia, marcato.
	-4 letters: amrita, amtrac, aortic, arctic, atomic, caroch, chacma, chimar, choric, chroma, cratch, crotch, macaco, mohair, tamari, tarmac, thairm, thiram, thoria, thoric.
	-5 letters: acari, acmic, actor, airth, aitch, amort, aorta, arhat, aroma, atria, cacao, cacti, carat, carom, catch, chair, charm, chart, chiao, chico, chirm, chiro, choir, circa, coach, coact, coati, comic, coria, croci, ichor, ihram, macho, macro, march, maria, match, micra, micro, mirth, mocha, moira, ohmic, orach, ratch, ratio, riata, roach, rotch, taroc, tharm, tiara, torah, torch, toric, triac.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-h-i-m-o-r-t"
	+2 letters: apochromatic, metathoracic, panchromatic.
	+3 letters: chromatically, metachromatic.
	+4 letters: achromatically, noncharismatic, psychodramatic.
	+5 letters: antimonarchical, chromatographic, cinematographic, pharmacognostic, pharmacokinetic, trichomonacidal.
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