Apochromatic objective

Description

An obective lens system that has been corrected for both spherical and chromatic aberrations.

Synonyms and Related Terms

apochromatisches Objektiv (Deut.); objectif apochromatique (Fr.);

Resources and Citations

• 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

• The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998