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   achromatic

   /ˌakrə(ʊ)ˈmatɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to, using, or denoting lenses that transmit light without separating it into constituent colours: "achromatic microscopes"
   • 2. without colour: literary "the achromatic gloom"

   Word Origin mid 18th century: from Greek akhrōmatos ‘colourless’ (from a- ‘without’ + khrōma, khrōmat- ‘colour’) + -ic.

   Derivatives

   • 1. achromatically adverb
   • 2. achromaticity noun
   • 3. achromatism noun

   Scrabble Points: 19

   • A

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   • C

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   • H

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   • R

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   • O

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   • M

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   • A

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   • T

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   • I

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   • C

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