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Stigmatism

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-005658

The optical condition where a lens or mirror focuses light rays from a single point source to a single, sharp image point. This is the ideal state of an optical system, free from aberrations such as astigmatism, where rays from a point source form two separate focal lines. A perfectly stigmatic system produces clear and undistorted images.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-005658
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectOptics and imaging
TranslationsGerman: Stigmatismus; Spanish: estigmatismo; French: stigmatisme
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-005658",
  "term": "Stigmatism",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The optical condition where a lens or mirror focuses light rays from a single point source to a single, sharp image point. This is the ideal state of an optical system, free from aberrations such as astigmatism, where rays from a point source form two separate focal lines. A perfectly stigmatic system produces clear and undistorted images.",
  "subject": "Optics and imaging",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Stigmatismus",
    "es": "estigmatismo",
    "fr": "stigmatisme"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/stigmatism/"
}

Record 6,184 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.