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Chromatic aberration

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-001113

An optical defect in which a lens fails to focus all colors of light to the same convergence point. This occurs because the refractive index of glass varies with the wavelength of light, causing different colors to be refracted at slightly different angles. It results in color fringes around objects, particularly noticeable at high contrast edges.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-001113
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectOptics and imaging
TranslationsGerman: chromatische Aberration; Spanish: aberración cromática; French: aberration chromatique
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-001113",
  "term": "Chromatic aberration",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "An optical defect in which a lens fails to focus all colors of light to the same convergence point. This occurs because the refractive index of glass varies with the wavelength of light, causing different colors to be refracted at slightly different angles. It results in color fringes around objects, particularly noticeable at high contrast edges.",
  "subject": "Optics and imaging",
  "translations": {
    "de": "chromatische Aberration",
    "es": "aberración cromática",
    "fr": "aberration chromatique"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/chromatic-aberration/"
}

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