different between emit vs achromatism

English

Etymology

From Latin ?mitt?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?m?t/, /??m?t/

Verb

emit (third-person singular simple present emits, present participle emitting, simple past and past participle emitted)

1. (transitive) to send out or give off

   Synonyms: outsend, output

Derived terms

• emittable

Related terms

• emission
• emitter

Translations

Anagrams

• -time, METI, it me, item, mite, time

Finnish

Noun

emit

1. nominative plural of emi

Anagrams

• imet

Latin

Verb

emit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of em?

Verb

?mit

1. third-person singular perfect active indicative of em?

English

Etymology

Compare French achromatisme.

Noun

achromatism (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being achromatic; achromaticity.

2. The state of being free of colors, not emitting or separating into colors.
   • 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, “Mrs Slagg by Moonlight”

     No flaming flower relieved its black achromatism although that tree had been known long ago to burst open with a three-hour glory.

3. Achromatopia.

Translations

References

• achromatism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Dorland's Pocket Medical Dictionary, 22nd edition, W. B. Saunders, 1977