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spherical aberration en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsfɪɹ.ɪk.l̩ ˌæb.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/ (US)

Meanings

1. A type of lens aberration which causes blurriness, particularly away from the centre of the lens.
   • If the refractive index is low, the minimum spherical aberration is not greatly affected by the fact that the second lens operates in a converging beam, and the spherical aberration is approximately equal to h⁴K³. 2002, Michael J. Kidger, Fundamental Optical Design, page 151:
   • For p = -1, the values of q giving minimum spherical aberration (q = 0.71) and zero coma (q = 0.8) are approximately equal to each other. 1991, Virendra N. Mahajan, Aberration Theory Made Simple, page 27:
   • Conventional spherical intraocular lenses (IOLs) have positive spherical aberration. 2005, Mark Packer, I. Howard Fine, Richard S. Hoffman, “9: Wavefront Technology of Spherical Aberration”, in I. Howard Fine, Mark Packer, Richard Hoffman, editors, Refractive Lens Surgery, volume 1, page 81:

Forms

Relateds

spherical mirror

Translations (15)

pt aberração esférica (type of lens aberration) · fi pallopoikkeama (type of lens aberration) · es aberración esférica (type of lens aberration) · pl aberracja sferyczna (type of lens aberration) · it aberrazione sferica (type of lens aberration) · de Sphärische Aberration (type of lens aberration) · hu szférikus aberráció (type of lens aberration) · cmn 球差 (type of lens aberration) · nl sferische aberratie (type of lens aberration) · fi palloaberraatio (type of lens aberration) · ro aberație sferică (type of lens aberration) · fr aberration sphérique (type of lens aberration) · th ความคลาดทรงกลม (type of lens aberration) · ru сферическая аберрация (type of lens aberration) · sh сферна аберација (type of lens aberration)