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achromatic

(adj): vs. chromatic), neutral -- (having no hue
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8 months ago chained_bear said:

"'...I shall keep in as close with the shore as can be, and you shall look at the creatures with my best achromatic glass,'—reaching for a splendid five-lens Dollond, an instrument that Stephen was never allowed to use, because of his tendency to drop telescopes into the sea."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Far Side of the World, 277

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