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comatic

comatic

9.9
An optical fault that makes points of light look stretched at image edges
  • adjective
  • /kəˈmætɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : aberrativo
  • The telescope was specially designed to minimize comatic aberration, ensuring sharper images.

Examples

  • Photographers often notice comatic effects when shooting bright stars near the corners of a frame.

  • The new telescope lens was designed to reduce comatic distortion at the edges of the image.

  • Engineers tested the camera for comatic aberrations before finalizing the design.

  • The comatic effects in this lens are quite noticeable.

  • He studied the comatic distortions in the images.

  • Astronomers often observe comatic distortion when capturing images of comets in the night sky.

  • When viewing distant galaxies, comatic effects can make star shapes appear elongated.

Synonyms

aberrative
vscomatic
  • Specialized
9.8

Causing a lens to make images look blurred or wrong

is limited to a single optical defect that makes point images look comet shaped
aberrational
vscomatic
  • Specialized
9.0

A change in images from lenses or telescopes that makes them look blurred

focuses on one optical defect that makes point images look comet shaped

Surface Forms

comatic positive

Morphology

comatic = coma (semi-transparent) = coma + tic

Morphologically transparent (coma + -tic), but the meaning is a specialized optical term that may not be known to general learners.

Etymology

Comatic in optics comes from the same root as comet, from a Greek word komē meaning 'hair' that suggested a little 'tail'. So a comatic image looks stretched into a comet-like tail, which is why the word describes that kind of distortion.