achromatization (aˌchromatiˈzation) or achromatisation (aˌchromatiˈsation)
noun
achromatize in American English
(eɪˈkroʊməˌtaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: aˈchromaˌtized or aˈchromaˌtizing
to make achromatic; rid of color
achromatize in American English
(eiˈkrouməˌtaiz)
transitive verbWord forms: -tized, -tizing
to make achromatic; deprive or free of color
Also, esp. Brit.: achromatise
Derived forms
achromatization
noun
Word origin
[1835–45; achromat(ic) + -ize]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: basic, crosshead, ecumenical, grandstand, serial-ize is a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have enteredEnglish through Latin or French (baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses“to render, make” (actualize; fossilize; sterilize; Americanize), “to convert into, give a specified character or form to” (computerize; dramatize; itemize; motorize), “to subject to (as a process, sometimes named after its originator)” (hospitalize; terrorize; galvanize; oxidize; simonize; winterize). Also formed with -ize are a more heterogeneous group of verbs, usually intransitive, denoting a changeof state (crystallize), kinds or instances of behavior (apologize; moralize; tyrannize), or activities (economize; philosophize; theorize)