lateral aberration
1lateral aberration — deviation of a ray from the focal point, measured on a line perpendicular to the axis at the focal point …
2aberration — aberrational, adj. /ab euh ray sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course. 2. the act of deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type. 3. deviation from truth or moral rectitude. 4. mental irregularity or… …
3Aberration — (1) A deviation or irregularity. For example, a chromosome aberration is a deviation from the normal chromosome number or the normal chromosome structure. In this sense, aberration is also synonymous with deflection, departure, divergence,… …
4Optical aberration — v · d · e Optical aberration …
5aberración lateral — Eng. Lateral aberration Desviación de un rayo respecto del foco medida sobre una línea perpendicular al eje en el foco …
6Chromatic 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… …
7chromatic 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… …
8chromatic aberration lateral — difference in magnification due to differences in position of the principal points for light of different wavelengths; also a difference of focal length …
9optics — /op tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision. [1605 15; < ML optica < Gk optiká, n. use of neut. pl. of OPTIKÓS; see OPTIC,… …
10Distortion (optics) — v · d · e Optical aberration …
