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chromatic aberration

a property of lenses that causes the various colors in a beam of light to be focused at different points, thus causing a margin of colors to appear around the edges of the image

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chromatic aberration Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • magnification: This lens reduces the chromatic aberration of magnification, which is a critical problem for digital imaging.

Converse of object

  • minimize: Two ED glass elements minimize chromatic aberration in the entire zoom range while ensuring high resolution and contrast.

Preposition: at

  • magnification: The reduction of almost all visible chromatic aberration at 60x magnification on the base model ES 80 GA SD is a real breakthrough.

Adjective modifier

  • lateral: I knew the cause to be lateral chromatic aberration.
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