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Definition of the noun achromatism
What does achromatism mean as a name of something?
noun - plural: achromatisms
- the visual property of being without chromatic color
- lexical domain: Attributes - nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
- synonyms of achromatism: achromaticity / colorlessness / colourlessness
- more generic term: visual property = an attribute of vision
- more specific word: achromia = an absence of normal pigmentation especially in the skin (as in albinism) or in red blood cells
Alternative definition of the noun achromatism
- The state or quality of being achromatic; as, the 'achromatism' of a lens; achromaticity.
- The state of being free of colors, not emitting or separating into colors.
- See Achromatopia.
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God, Money, and Politics (2008)
English Attitudes to Blindness and Touch, from the Enlightenment to Integration by Simon Hayhoe
Achromatism is the inability to see any colors other than black and white, and leads to photophobia. 2. Correspondence of John Locke, the John Locke Collection, Bodleian Library, Oxford University. 3. The observation you make in Mr. Boyle's ...
Proceedings of the International Conference DARK 2000 Heidelberg, Germany, 10–14 July 2000 by H.V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus
Achromatism is a well known property of gravitational lensing, and one might expect it to be a property of microlensing light curves. If the source (ie the quasar disc) is point like or of uniform colour then the variations will indeed be achromatic, ...
by Allen Mann
Achromatism Since achromatism is a first-order property, achromatic balance 20 Chapter 2.
Perfect achromatism is a theoretical impossibility; but in actual practice it is generally sufficient to ensure the coincidence of two or three points in the spectrum. See Lenses, . ACIDS, Bases and Salts.–Groups into which one great class of ...
by Puri & Anand
Achromatism is the absence of chromatic aberration. Agonic Line is the line made up of points having a zero declination. Arbitrary Bearing Arbitrary bearing of a line is the horizontal angle which it makes with any arbitrary meridian. Arbitrary ...
Splendours of the Sky (1925)
by I.M. Lewis
Perfect achromatism is the strongest point in favor of the reflector. The field of good definition for the great reflector is small, however, only equalling in area one-half the disk of the moon. This is a restriction placed by the necessity for rapid ...
Including the Camera, Kinematograph, Optical Lantern, and the Theory and Practice of Image Formation by George Lindsay Johnson
Achromatism is that property of a lens which accurately brings to one focus any two given wave lengths of the spectrum. In a photographic lens the portions of the spectrum which must be united consists of the sodium (D) line in the yellow ...
by Jan Dirk Blom
A Achromatism References Foerster, O. (1903). Ein Fall von elementarer allgemeiner Somatopsychose. (Afunktion der Somatopsyche.) Ein Beitrag zur Frage der Bedeutung der Somatopsyche für das Wahrnemungsvermögen. Monatsschrift ...
by Stuart Sutherland
See ACHROMATISM. achromatic. 1. Lacking HUE; the achromatic surface colours are black, white, and grey. 2. Pertaining to a lens that is corrected for CHROMATIC ABERRATION. achromatic interval. 1. (Vision) The range of light intensities ...
by Dipak Basu
achromatism such that they are in inverse proportion to these powers. The result is a compound lens that has a net focal length but reduced dispersion over a major portion of the visible spectrum. If the doublet, made up of 2 lenses of ...
Comprising the Definitions and Derivations of the Scientific Terms in General Use, Together with the History and Descriptions of the Scientific Principles of Nearly Every Branch of Human Knowledge by William Thomas Brande, George William Cox
and xAa-' of about 3 to 2; so that if a prism of flint glass ACHROMATISM ACIPENSER give a spectrum three inches long, a similar. ACETYLENE Acetylene. A hydrocarbon, C.H.2, present in small quantities in ...
by Douglas M. Considine, Glenn D. Considine
For relatively short focus instruments, such as cameras or binoculars, practically complete achromatism can be obtained by using, instead of a simple convex lens , a combination of a convex and a concave lens, the two lenses being ...
A dictionary of science, literature and art, ed. by W.T. Brande assisted by J. Cauvin. ed. by W.T. Brande and G.W. Cox.3 vols (1865)
by William Thomas Brande
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica (1911)
A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information by Hugh Chrisholm
” For two thin lenses separated by a distance D the condition for achromatism ...
by Michel Millodot
achromatism 1. The condition of being totally colour blind. Syn . achromatopsia. 2. Absence of colour. 3. Condition of a lens or an optical system ...
by Hillary Walter
accelerometer | achromatism body due to the earth's attraction is called acceleration due to gravity. It is denoted by the letter g. Its SI unit is m/s2. On the surface of the earth, its average value is 9.8m/s2. The value of g on the surface of the earth ...
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