aplanatic
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aplanatic
[ap″lah-nat´ik]correcting or not affected by spherical aberration.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
ap·la·nat·ic
(ap-la-nat'ik),Pertaining to aplanatism, or to an aplanatic lens.
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ap·la·nat·ic
(ap-lă-nat'ik)Pertaining to aplanatism, or to an aplanatic lens.
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aplanatic
Pertains to an optical system which is free from spherical aberration and coma. See aplanatic focus; aplanatic lens.
Millodot: Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science, 7th edition. © 2009 Butterworth-Heinemann