Meanings
nounchromatic aberration (plural chromatic aberrations)
plural chromatic aberrations
- engineeringAn optical aberration in which an image has coloured fringes, caused by differential refraction of light of different wavelengths.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 色像差, 色差
- 色像差 (sèxiàngchā)optical aberration
- 色差 (sèchā)optical aberration
Dutch chromatische aberratie
- chromatische aberratieoptical aberration
Finnish väripoikkeama, väriaberraatio
- väripoikkeamaoptical aberration
- väriaberraatiooptical aberration
- kromaattinen aberraatiooptical aberration
French aberration chromatique
- aberration chromatiqueoptical aberration
German chromatische Aberration
- chromatische Aberrationoptical aberration
Hungarian kromatikus aberráció
- kromatikus aberrációoptical aberration
Indonesian aberasi kromatik
- aberasi kromatikoptical aberration
Italian aberrazione cromatica
- aberrazione cromaticaoptical aberration
Japanese 色収差
- 色収差 (iroshūsa)optical aberration
Polish aberracja chromatyczna
- aberracja chromatycznaoptical aberration
Romanian aberație cromatică
- aberație cromaticăoptical aberration
Spanish aberración cromática
- aberración cromáticaoptical aberration
Turkish renk sapması
- renk sapmasıoptical aberration
Cite this entry
APA
chromatic aberration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chromatic%20aberration
MLA
“chromatic aberration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chromatic%20aberration. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chromatic aberration,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chromatic%20aberration.
Source: chromatic aberration on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.