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stigmatic

stigmatic

9.9
Able to focus light to one clear point to make a sharp image
  • adjective
  • /stɪɡˈmætɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : estigmático
  • Her stigmatic design in optics helps to precisely focus light, improving image clarity dramatically.

Examples

  • Stigmatic ion optics form a magnified, real image of the sample surface in mass-separated secondary ions on a microchannel plate-fluorescent screen detector.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The new camera lens is stigmatic, allowing for stunningly sharp images without distortion.

  • Optical engineers prefer stigmatic lenses for their ability to produce high-quality images in microscopes.

Synonyms

anastigmatic
vsstigmatic
  • Specialized
9.9

A lens that makes images sharp and not distorted

is fully free from astigmatism and focuses light to a single point

Antonyms

astigmatic
  • Specialized
1 8.0

Having an eye or lens that makes vision blurry because the surface is not round

How Clear

clear
866 1.0
stigmatic
  • Specialized
9.9
unclear
207 3.9
blurred
2 3.4

Surface Forms

stigmatic positive

Morphology

stigmatic = stigma (opaque) = stigma + ic

Although formally 'stigma' + '-ic', the optical sense is a specialized technical meaning ('point' / focusing) not predictable from the common sense 'stigma' meaning.

Etymology

Stigmatic comes from the Greek root stigma, meaning 'mark' or 'point'. In optics this idea became 'bringing light to a single point', so a stigmatic lens or system is one that focuses light cleanly to one point.