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diopteric aberration

diopteric aberration is the alternative form of spherical aberration.

Meaning of spherical aberration

Noun

spherical aberration (plural spherical aberrations)

  1. A type of lens aberration which causes blurriness, particularly away from the centre of the lens.
    • For p = -1, the values of q giving minimum spherical aberration (q = 0.71) and zero coma (q = 0.8) are approximately equal to each other.1991, Virendra N. Mahajan, Aberration Theory Made Simple, page 27

Forms of diopteric aberration

pluraldiopteric aberrations

Questions about diopteric aberration

What is diopteric aberration the alternative form of?
Diopteric aberration is the alternative form of spherical aberration.

Words near diopteric aberration in the dictionary

  1. diopsidites
  2. diopsids
  3. dioptase
  4. dioptases
  5. diopter
  6. diopteric aberration
  7. diopteric aberrations
  8. diopters
  9. dioptid
  10. dioptids
  11. dioptine

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