Difference between revisions of "Spherical aberration"

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Description

A lens defect which produces a blurred image. Spherical aberrations inhibit the optical system from focusing the image in one plane. A lens with spherical aberration refracts rays passing through its outer edges to a different focal plane than rays passing through the center of the lens.

Synonyms and Related Terms

sphrische Aberration (Deut.); aberration sphrique (Fr.);

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