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astigmatizer

American  
[uh-stig-muh-tahy-zer] / əˈstɪg məˌtaɪ zər /

noun

Optics.

  1. a cylindrical lens used in a rangefinder to draw out the point image of a point source into a line.

Etymology

Origin of astigmatizer

a- 6 + stigmatizer ( def. )

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