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chromatic

chromatic

1 7.7
A lens that does not split light into colors
  • adjective
  • /kroʊˈmætɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cromático
  • Any modern lens shouldn't show any noticeable chromatic aberration.
  • chromatic aberration
  • chromatic dispersion

Examples

  • You mentioned that the the higher the Flint, the better the chromatic aberration capability.

  • "Cat" lenses are remarkably free from chromatic aberrations and have very good resolving power.

    Academic text (1994)
  • OK, so that is the that is the evidence of of chromatic aberration.

  • This phenomenon occurs because of the difference in wavelength between blue and red and the lack of chromatic correction in the human eye lens.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Whatever you buy, make sure that the camera keeps barrel distortion and chromatic aberration under control.

    Blog text (15)
  • It has much better chromatic aberration correction, and its low-light performance is second to none.

    Blog text (5)
  • Chromatic aberration occurs when a lens does not bend all wavelengths of light to the focal point.

    Blog text (19)
  • This lens' axial chromatic aberration is minimized, which renders a cool and smooth out-of-focus image.

    Blog text (16)
  • The lens of the vertebrate eye, so praised by the cretinists, does not correct for chromatic aberration (the fact that refraction separates the wavelengths).

    Blog text (7)
  • The camera uses a chromatic lens that minimizes color distortion for clearer images.

Synonyms

apochromatic
vschromatic
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A lens that shows images with very little color on the edges

refracts light without splitting colors but lacks full spherical correction

Antonyms

1 8.1

Colors that do not have any hue, like black, white, and gray

Compounds

chromatic aberration
  • Specialized
1 8.8

A problem in a camera lens that makes colored edges appear in photos

chromatic scale
  • Specialized
1 7.4

A scale of twelve notes that move by half steps within one octave

A color with hue such as red, not grey or black

To see and tell different colors apart

Surface Forms

chromatic positive

Morphology

chromatic = chroma (semi-transparent) = chromat + ic

Morphologically regular, but the optical/technical sense is specialized and may not be inferable from everyday knowledge of 'colour'.

Etymology

Chromatic comes from the Greek root chroma, 'color', and in optics it points to the way a lens deals with color. So a chromatic lens helps control or correct color in images to avoid color distortion.