anastigmatic
- adjective
- /ˌænəˈstɪɡmətɪk/
- Specialized
- The new camera lens is anastigmatic, reducing image distortion significantly.
Examples
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Microscope objectives are often anastigmatic to ensure clarity across the field of view.
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The anastigmatic lens provides clearer images than traditional lenses.
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He replaced the old lenses with anastigmatic ones for sharper photographs.
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Have you seen the new anastigmatic camera lens?
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The new camera lens is anastigmatic, reducing image distortion significantly.
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He replaced the old lenses with anastigmatic ones for sharper photographs.
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Microscope objectives are often anastigmatic to ensure clarity across the field of view.
Synonyms
Able to focus light to one clear point to make a sharp image
Antonyms
- Specialized
Having an eye or lens that makes vision blurry because the surface is not round
Compounds
- Specialized
A lens that makes images sharp across the whole picture without distortion
How Corrected
Surface Forms
Morphology
anastigmatic = astigmatic (semi-transparent) = an + astigmat + ic
Formed by prefixing 'an-' to the adjective 'astigmatic'; the meaning 'not or correcting astigmatism' is predictable for those who know 'astigmatic', but the term is technical and the bound root is not obvious to general learners.
Etymology
Anastigmatic comes from Greek parts a- meaning 'not' and stigma meaning 'point' or 'mark', the same root behind astigmatism. So an anastigmatic lens does 'not' turn points into blurred marks and gives sharp, undistorted images.