Aplanatic

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-000244",
  "term": "Aplanatic",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "Describing an optical system that is free from spherical aberration and coma for a given object point. An aplanatic system produces a sharp image with minimal distortion, even for off-axis rays. This condition is satisfied when the sine condition and the Abbe sine condition are met.",
  "subject": "Optics and imaging",
  "see_also": [
    "aplanatism"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "aplanatisch",
    "es": "aplanático",
    "fr": "aplanétique"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/aplanatic/"
}