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** English
*** Etymology
From [en], from [grc] + [grc], equivalent to [en]; compare [fr].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
*** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. [en] Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.
2. [en] Containing components such as achromatic lens es and prisms, designed to prevent color-related distortion.
3. [en] Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid.
4. [en] Having only the diatonic notes of the scale ; not modified by accidental s.
5. Being achromatic in subject.
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Related terms
{{col3|en |achromaticity |achromatism |achromatic lens|achromatic number
|achromatic prism |chromatic }}
**** Translations
[optics: free from colour]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese: [zh]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Manx: [gv]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Spanish: [es]
- Tagalog: [tl]
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[containing components to prevent colour-related distortion]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese: [zh] [zh]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Italian: [it]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Spanish: [es]
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[biology: uncoloured]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese: [zh]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Italian: [it]
- Spanish: [es]
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[music: having only the diatonic notes of the scale]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Italian: [it]
- Portuguese: [pt]
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[being achromatic in subject]
- Italian: [it]
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