aplanat

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English

Noun

aplanat (plural aplanats)

  1. (optics) A lens that has been corrected for spherical aberration and coma in order to produce a rectilinear image.
    • 1894, W. K. Burton, “The Zeiss Anastigmatic Lenses”, in Julius F. Sachse, editor, American Journal of Photography, Volume XV, page 4:
      For comparison, an aplanat of a focus catalogued at 16 inches, actually found by experiment to have a focus of 16 11-16 inches, was used.
    • 2009, Gérard René Lemaitre, Astronomical Optics and Elasticity Theory, Springer, Astronomy and Astrophysics Library, Corrected 3rd printing, page 11,
      which is totally false since he established the algebraic conditions for thin-lens achromatic aplanats;
    • 2014, J. F. James, An Introduction to Practical Laboratory Optics, Cambridge University Press, page 171:
      Some infra-red detectors are sold already embedded in a plastic aplanat.

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Catalan

Participle

aplanat (feminine aplanada, masculine plural aplanats, feminine plural aplanades)

  1. past participle of aplanar

French

Noun

aplanat m (plural aplanats)

  1. aplanat

Further reading

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from German Aplanat, from Ancient Greek ἁπλοῦς (haploûs). Doublet of apla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apˈla.nat/
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  • Rhymes: -anat
  • Syllabification: ap‧la‧nat

Noun

aplanat m inan

  1. (optics) aplanat, aplanatic lens

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adjective

Further reading

  • aplanat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of aplana.

Noun

aplanat n (plural aplanaturi)

  1. calming

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Verb

aplanat (past participle of aplana)

  1. past participle of aplana

References

  • aplanat in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN