"aplanat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: aplanats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} aplanat (plural aplanats)
  1. (optics) A lens that has been corrected for spherical aberration and coma in order to produce a rectilinear image. Categories (topical): Optics Related terms: aplanatic, aplanatism, achromat, anastigmat Translations (lens corrected for spherical aberration and coma): aplanat [masculine] (French), Aplanat [masculine, neuter] (German), aplanat [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-aplanat-en-noun-OCHzcaAv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 19 24 28 26 2 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 24 29 26 2 1 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics

Inflected forms

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