Meaning Of The Word Chromatic aberration

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What's The Definition Of Chromatic aberration?

chromatic aberration in American English
a property of lenses that causes the various colors in a beam of light to be focused at different points, thus causing a margin of colors to appear around the edges of the image
noun: the variation of either the focal length or the magnification of a lens system with different wavelengths of light, characterized by prismatic coloring at the edges of the optical image and color distortion within it

chromatic aberration in British English
noun: a defect in a lens system in which different wavelengths of light are focused at different distances because they are refracted through different angles. It produces a blurred image with coloured fringes

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