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adjective
Optics
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corrected for spherical aberration at two wavelengths or colors and for
chromatic aberration
at three wavelengths.
Origin:
1885–90;
apo-
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chromatic
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noun
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(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
given to using long words.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
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apochromatic
(ˌæpəkrəˈmætɪk)
—
adj
(of a lens) almost free from spherical and chromatic aberration
apochromatism
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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