Anastigmat

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  • noun. An anastigmatic lens.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A system of lenses in which the astigmatic aberration is overcome and a flat field obtained.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. compound lens or lens system designed to be free of astigmatism and able to form approximately point images.
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  • noun. compound lens or lens system designed to be free of astigmatism and able to form approximately point images
  • Word Usage
    "Both were fitted with anastigmat lenses, which eliminated distortion and preserved the perpendicular lines even of off-center images, making them especially well suited for architectural photography."
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