STIGMATISM

stigmatism

(noun) normal eyesight

stigmatism

(noun) (optics) condition of an optical system (as a lens) in which light rays from a single point converge in a single focal point

stigmatism

(noun) the condition of having or being marked by stigmata

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

stigmatism (countable and uncountable, plural stigmatisms)

(optics) Image-formation property of an optical system which focuses a single point source in object space into a single point in image space

(medicine) Normal eyesight, anastigmatic state

(pathology) State of having stigmata

Antonyms

• astigmatism

Source: Wiktionary



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