achromaticity

Questions about achromaticity

What does achromaticity mean?

achromaticity means "the visual property of being without chromatic color".

How many syllables are in achromaticity?

achromaticity has 6 syllables and divides as ach-ro-ma-ti-ci-ty under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for achromaticity?

Close synonyms include colorlessness, colourlessness, achromatism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is achromaticity a common word?

achromaticity 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.