aspheric lens

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• Aspheric lens — An aspheric lens or asphere is a lens whose surfaces have a profile that is neither a portion of a sphere nor of a circular cylinder. In photography, a lens assembly that includes an aspheric element is often called an aspherical lens.The asphere …   Wikipedia

• aspheric — Denoting a paraboloidal surface, especially of a lens or mirror, that eliminates spherical aberration. [G. a priv. + sphaira, sphere] * * * aspher·ic ( )ā sfi(ə)r ik, sfer or aspher·i·cal i kəl adj departing slightly from the spherical form esp.… …   Medical dictionary

• aspheric — or aspherical adjective Date: circa 1922 departing slightly from the spherical form especially in order to correct for spherical aberration < an aspheric lens > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• aspheric — [ā΄sfir′ik] adj. designating or of a lens or mirror made so that it is not perfectly spherical, as to minimize spherical aberration: also aspherical * * * a·spher·ic (ā sfîrʹĭk, ā sfĕrʹ ) also a·spher·i·cal ( ĭ kəl) adj. Varying slightly from… …   Universalium

• aspheric — [ā΄sfir′ik] adj. designating or of a lens or mirror made so that it is not perfectly spherical, as to minimize spherical aberration: also aspherical …   English World dictionary

• Lens (optics) — For other uses, see Lens. A lens. Lenses can be used to focus light. A lens is an optical device with perfect or approximate axial symmetry which tra …   Wikipedia

• Lens — The transparent structure inside the eye that focuses light rays onto the retina (the nerve layer that lines the back of the eye, senses light and creates impulses that go through the optic nerve to the brain). The lens was named after the lentil …   Medical dictionary

• aspheric — adj. having a slight spherical variation (i.e. on a lens) …   English contemporary dictionary

• Corrective lens — A bifocal corrective eyeglass lens A pair of contact le …   Wikipedia

• History of the single-lens reflex camera — The history of the single lens reflex camera predates the invention of photography in 1826/27 by one and a half centuries with the use of a reflex mirror in a camera obscura first described in 1676. Such SLR devices were popular as drawing aids… …   Wikipedia

• Lenticular lens — A series of cylindrical lenses molded in a plastic substrate A lenticular lens is an array of magnifying lenses, designed so that when viewed from slightly different angles, different images are magnified.[1] The most common example is the lenses …   Wikipedia