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Achromatism

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Gr. a-, privative, xpcopa, colour), in optics,, the property of transmitting white light, without decomposing it into the colours of the spectrum; "achromatic lenses" are lenses which possess this property. (See LENS, ABERRATION and PHOTOGRAPHY.)

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Achromatism'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​a/achromatism.html. 1910.
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