ALL meanings of chromatic aberration
chro·mat·ic ab·er·ra·tion
C c - noun chromatic aberration a defect in a lens system in which different wavelengths of light are focused at different distances because they are refracted through different angles. It produces a blurred image with coloured fringes 3
- noun 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 3
- noun chromatic aberration the variation of either the focal length or the magnification of a lens system with different wavelengths of light, characterized by prismatic coloring at the edges of the optical image and color distortion within it. 1
- noun chromatic aberration (optics) An optical aberration, in which an image has coloured fringes, caused by differential refraction of light of different wavelengths. 0