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achromatization

noun
achro·ma·ti·za·tion | \ ˌā-ˌkrō-mə-tə-ˈzā-shən , (ˌ)a- , -ˌtī-ˈzā- \
plural -s

Definition of achromatization 

: the act or process of achromatizing

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1829, in the meaning defined above

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