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spherical aberration

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The blurring of an image that occurs when light from the margin of a lens or mirror with a spherical surface comes to a shorter focus than light from the central portion.

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  • noun optics A type of lens aberration which causes blurriness, particularly away from the centre of the lens.

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  • noun an optical aberration resulting in a distorted image

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