achromatism
[ ey-kroh-muh-tiz-uhm ]
Origin of achromatism
1First recorded in 1790–1800; achromat(ic) + -ism
- Also achromaticity.
Words Nearby achromatism
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How to use achromatism in a sentence
The low dispersive power of water masks, as Helmholtz has remarked, the imperfect achromatism of the eye.
Six Lectures on Light | John TyndallThus examined, the departure of the eye from achromatism appears very gross indeed.
Six Lectures on Light | John TyndallThese phenomena are fully explained by the imperfect achromatism of the eye.
Curiosities of Light and Sight | Shelford BidwellThe achromatism of prisms depends upon the same principles, and it is effected in the same way as that of lenses.
It would seem that the eye is but little sensitive to colours thus presented, perhaps on account of its own want of achromatism.
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