achromatic vision

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   vision using the rods

   Broadersight

Questions about achromatic vision

What does achromatic vision mean?

achromatic vision means "vision using the rods".

Is achromatic vision a common word?

achromatic vision is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.