chromatic aberration

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chromatic aberration

  • /kɹoʊˈmæ.tɪk ˌæb.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/ US
  • /kɹəˈmæ.tɪk ˌæb.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/ US

noun chromatic aberrations

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

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noun optical aberration

Españolaberración cromática
日本語色収差 iroshūsa
中文色像差 sèxiàngchā, 色差 sèchā
Françaisaberration chromatique
Deutschchromatische Aberration
Italianoaberrazione cromatica
Românăaberație cromatică

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@misc{chromatic_aberration_2026,
  title = {chromatic aberration},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chromatic%20aberration},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}