chromatic aberration

English

Photographic example showing high quality lens (top) compared to lower quality model exhibiting transverse chromatic aberration (seen as a blur and a rainbow edge in areas of contrast.)

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /kɹoʊˈmæ.tɪk ˌæb.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/, /kɹəˈmæ.tɪk ˌæb.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/

Noun

chromatic aberration (plural chromatic aberrations)

(optics) An optical aberration in which an image has coloured fringes, caused by differential refraction of light of different wavelengths.

Translations

optical aberration

Chinese:
Mandarin: 色像差 (zh) (sèxiàngchā), 色差 (zh) (sèchā)
Dutch: chromatische aberratie m
Finnish: väripoikkeama, väriaberraatio, kromaattinen aberraatio
French: aberration chromatique f
German: chromatische Aberration f
Hungarian: kromatikus aberráció
Japanese: 色収差 (iroshūsa)
Romanian: aberație cromatică (ro) f
Spanish: aberración cromática (es) f

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