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(optics) condition of an optical system (as a lens) in which light rays from a single point converge in a single focal point
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stigmatism
Word definitions for stigmatism in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the condition of having or being marked by stigmata (optics) condition of an optical system (as a lens) in which light rays from a single point converge in a single focal point [ant: astigmatism ] normal eyesight
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In geometric optics , stigmatism refers to the image-formation property of an optical system which focuses a single point source in object space into a single point in image space. Two such points are called a stigmatic pair of the optical system. Many ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context optics English) Image-formation property of an optical system which focuses a single point source in object space into a single point in image space 2 (context medicine English) Normal eyesight, anastigmatic state 3 (context pathology English) ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1660s, "a branding," from Greek stigmatizein , from stigmat- , stem of stigma (see stigma ). Meaning "condition of being affected with stigmata" is from 1897.
Usage examples of stigmatism.
They say El Greco had a stigmatism in his eyes that gave everything a visual slant.
The few male slaves primarily worked in pleasure houses where a wealthy Darranian would be preserved from the social stigmatism of homosexuality.