chromatic aberrationnoun [ U ]
uk/krəˌmæt.ɪk æb.əˈreɪ.ʃən/us/kroʊˌmæt̬.ɪk æb.əˈreɪ.ʃən/specializeda failure of colours to be seen correctly through a lens (= a curved piece of glass), caused by the lens not being perfect
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Physics: optics, microscopy & lasers
- converging lens
- diffuse reflection
- dispersion
- electron microscope
- field glasses
- focus
- laser-guided
- magnification
- magnifier
- magnify
- magnifying glass
- microscopy
- optics
- power
- powerful
- reflective
- refraction
- resolution
- slide
- transparency
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Examples from literature
- Her intense lustre brings out every defect of the instrument, and especially the chromatic aberration.
- The false colouring of the image is due to chromatic aberration. The pencil of light proceeding from a point, converges, not to one point, but to a short line of varying colour.