Difference between revisions of "Aplanatic"
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A lens that has been corrected for spherical [ | + | A lens that has been corrected for spherical [[aberration|aberration]] and [[coma|coma]]. An aplanatic lens will focus all transmitted radiation in the same plane. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 13:43, 7 January 2014
Description
A lens that has been corrected for spherical Aberration and Coma. An aplanatic lens will focus all transmitted radiation in the same plane.
Synonyms and Related Terms
aplanatisch (Deut.)
Authority
- ASTM, Standard Terminology of Microscopy, Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Section 14, General Methods and Instrumentation, ASTM, E175, 75-78, May 1982
- Walter C. McCrone, John Gustave Delly, The Particle Atlas, W. McCrone Associates, Chicago, IV, 1972
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998