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achromatise

achromatise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of achromatize.

Meaning of achromatize

Verb

achromatize (third-person singular simple present achromatizes, present participle achromatizing, simple past and past participle achromatized)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of colour; to make achromatic.
  2. (transitive) To remove chromatic aberration from an optical system

Forms of achromatise

third-person singular presentachromatises
present participleachromatising
past participleachromatised
pastachromatised

Questions about achromatise

What is achromatise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Achromatise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of achromatize.

Words near achromatise in the dictionary

  1. achromaticity
  2. achromatin
  3. achromatinic
  4. achromatins
  5. achromatisation
  6. achromatise
  7. achromatised
  8. achromatises
  9. achromatising
  10. achromatism
  11. achromatisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: achromatise (page history and authors); achromatize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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