achromatism n 1: the visual property of being without chromatic color [syn: {colorlessness}, {colourlessness}, {achromatism}, {achromaticity}] [ant: {color}, {coloring}, {colour}, {colouring}]
Achromatism \A*chro"ma*tism\, n. [Cf. F. achromatisme.] The state or quality of being achromatic; as, the achromatism of a lens; achromaticity. --Nichol. [1913 Webster]