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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
aplanatic \ap`lanat"ic\, a. gr. 'a priv. + ? disposed to
wander, wandering, ? to wander. opt.
having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combined
as to remove spherical aberration; -- said of a lens.
1913 webster
aplanatic focus of a lens opt., the point or focus from
which rays diverging pass the lens without spherical
aberration. in certain forms of lenses there are two such
foci; and it is by taking advantage of this fact that the
best aplanatic object glasses of microscopes are
constructed.
1913 webster
see also:
aplanatic focus
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
aplanatic
adj : free from or corrected for spherical aberration; "an
aplanatic mirror"
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