Associations to the word «Achromatic»

Wiktionary

ACHROMATIC, adjective. (optics) Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.
ACHROMATIC, adjective. Containing components such as achromatic lenses and prisms, designed to prevent color-related distortion.
ACHROMATIC, adjective. (biology) Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue
ACHROMATIC, adjective. (music) Having only the diatonic notes of the scale; not modified by accidentals.
ACHROMATIC, adjective. Being achromatic in subject
ACHROMATIC LENS, noun. (optics) A lens generally composed of two separate lenses, one convex and one concave and generally of different materials, in such a way that the chromatic aberration produced by one is corrected by the other.

Dictionary definition

ACHROMATIC, adjective. Having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King