achromatic

  • 11achromatic — adj. Optics 1 that transmitts light without separating it into constituent colours (achromatic lens). 2 without colour (achromatic fringe). Derivatives: achromatically adv. achromaticity n. achromatism n. Etymology: F achromatique f. Gk… …

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  • 12achromatic — achromatinis statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Neskaidantis baltos šviesos į sudedamąsias spektro dalis. atitikmenys: angl. achromatic rus. ахроматический …

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  • 13Achromatic lens — Achromatic Ach ro*mat ic, a. [Gr. ? colorless; a priv. + ?, ?, color: cf. F. achromatique.] 1. (Opt.) Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) Uncolored; not absorbing color… …

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  • 14Achromatic prism — Achromatic Ach ro*mat ic, a. [Gr. ? colorless; a priv. + ?, ?, color: cf. F. achromatique.] 1. (Opt.) Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) Uncolored; not absorbing color… …

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  • 15Achromatic telescope — Achromatic Ach ro*mat ic, a. [Gr. ? colorless; a priv. + ?, ?, color: cf. F. achromatique.] 1. (Opt.) Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) Uncolored; not absorbing color… …

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  • 16Achromatic (disambiguation) — Achromatic means literally “without color”. * Achromatic colors are also called “grays” or “neutral colors” * An achromatic lens is a lens designed to minimize chromatic aberration * Achromatic vision is called “Achromatopsia”, or when caused by… …

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  • 17achromatic figure — n the mitotic spindle and associated cell structures that do not stain with the usual cytochemical dyes compare CHROMATIC FIGURE …

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  • 18achromatic lens — n a compound lens made by combining lenses of different glasses (as flint glass and crown glass) with different focal powers so that the light emerging from the lens forms an image almost free from unwanted colors * * * a lens corrected for… …

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  • 19Achromatic lens — An achromatic lens or achromat is a lens that is designed to limit the effects of chromatic and spherical aberration. Achromatic lenses are corrected to bring two wavelengths (typically red and blue) into focus in the same plane.The most common… …

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  • 20Achromatic telescope — The achromatic telescope is a refracting telescope that uses an achromatic lens to correct for chromatic aberration. How it worksWhen an image passes through a lens, the light is diffracted at different angles for different wavelengths. This… …

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