achromatic lens

noun

A lens generally composed of two separate lenses, one convex and one concave and generally of different materials, in such a way that the chromatic aberration produced by one is corrected by the other.

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Meanings

nounachromatic lens (plural achromatic lenses)

plural achromatic lenses

  1. engineeringA lens generally composed of two separate lenses, one convex and one concave and generally of different materials, in such a way that the chromatic aberration produced by one is corrected by the other.
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