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APLANATIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aplanatic mean?
• APLANATIC (adjective)
The adjective APLANATIC has 1 sense:
1. free from or corrected for spherical aberration
Familiarity information: APLANATIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Free from or corrected for spherical aberration
Context example:
an aplanatic mirror
Similar:
corrected (having something undesirable neutralized)
Domain category:
optics (the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light)
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