optical aberration

English Thesaurus

1. an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image (noun.phenomenon)

hypernym	:	optical phenomenon,
definition	:	a physical phenomenon related to or involving light (noun.phenomenon)

hyponym	:	chromatic aberration,
definition	:	an optical aberration in which the image has colored fringes (noun.phenomenon)

hyponym	:	spherical aberration,
definition	:	an optical aberration resulting in a distorted image (noun.phenomenon)

derivation	:	aberrate,
definition	:	diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration (verb.stative)

derivation	:	aberrate,
definition	:	diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration (verb.stative)