- chromatic aberration
- noun Date: 1831 aberration caused by the differences in refraction of the colored rays of the spectrum
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Chromatic aberration — Chromatic Chro*mat ic, a. [L. chromaticus, Gr. ?, suited for color, fr. ?, ?, color; akin to ? color, ? skin, color of the skin.] 1. Relating to color, or to colors. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chromatic aberration — Aberration Ab er*ra tion, n. [L. aberratio: cf. F. aberration. See {Aberrate}.] 1. The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type. The aberration of youth. Hall. Aberrations from… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chromatic aberration — n aberration caused by differences in the refraction of light at different frequencies * * * unequal deviation of light rays of different wavelengths passing through a refractive medium, resulting in fringes of color around the image produced;… … Medical dictionary
chromatic aberration — n. a property of lenses that causes the various colors in a beam of light to be focused at different points, thus causing a margin of colors to appear around the edges of the image … English World dictionary
Chromatic aberration — On top is corner detail in a photograph taken with a higher quality lens; bottom is a similar photograph taken with a wide angle lens showing severe visible lateral chromatic aberration. The effect is pronounced on the right side of the building… … Wikipedia
chromatic aberration — Optics. the variation of either the focal length or the magnification of a lens system with different wavelengths of light, characterized by prismatic coloring at the edges of the optical image and color distortion within it. Also called… … Universalium
chromatic aberration — spalvinė aberacija statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. chromatic aberration vok. chromatische Aberration, f rus. хроматическая аберрация, f pranc. aberration chromatique, f … Fizikos terminų žodynas
chromatic aberration — When using white light through a lens system, it is inevitable that different wave lengths (colours) are brought to a focus at slightly different points. As a consequence, there are chromatic aberrations in the image; good microscope objectives… … Dictionary of molecular biology
chromatic aberration — noun an optical aberration in which the image has colored fringes • Hypernyms: ↑aberration, ↑distortion, ↑optical aberration … Useful english dictionary
chromatic aberration — noun an optical aberration, in which an image has coloured fringes, caused by differential refraction of light of different wavelengths … Wiktionary
