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anastigmatic

American  
[an-uh-stig-mat-ik, a-nas-tig-] / ˌæn ə stɪgˈmæt ɪk, æˌnæs tɪg- /

adjective

Optics.
  1. (of a lens) not having astigmatism; forming point images of a point object located off the axis of the lens; stigmatic.


anastigmatic British  
/ ˌænəstɪɡˈmætɪk /

adjective

  1. Also: stigˈmatic.  (of a lens or optical device) not astigmatic

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of anastigmatic

First recorded in 1885–90; an- 1 + astigmatic

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For while Author Carson saw the sea as a poet might, with the inward eye, Director Irwin Allen sees it mostly through a very expensive anastigmatic lens.

From Time Magazine Archive

That is, one part of the picture is made with a soft focus lens and one with an anastigmatic.

From Pictorial Photography in America 1921 by Pictorial Photographers of America

You are too conscious of the soft focus lens and of the anastigmatic lens.

From Pictorial Photography in America 1921 by Pictorial Photographers of America

There is no country in which an anastigmatic lens is of more use to the photographer than Alaska, and every camera with which it is hoped to take winter scenes should have this equipment.

From Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska by Hudson Stuck

Systems in which the two astigmatic surfaces coincide are termed anastigmatic or stigmatic.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

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