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)

1. (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