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Spherical Aberration

see synonyms of spherical aberration

Noun

1. spherical aberration

an optical aberration resulting in a distorted image

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Spherical Aberration

see synonyms of spherical aberration
noun
physics
a defect of optical systems that arises when light striking a mirror or lens near its edge is focused at different points on the axis to the light striking near the centre. The effect occurs when the mirror or lens has spherical surfaces
See also aberration (sense 4)

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Spherical Aberration

see synonyms of spherical aberration
optical distortion resulting from the spherical shape of a lens or mirror

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Spherical Aberration

see synonyms of spherical aberration
n.
The blurring of an image that occurs when light from the margin of a lens or mirror with a spherical surface comes to a shorter focus than light from the central portion.

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