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ACHROMATIC LENS [2 records]

Record 1 2000-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

Compound lens made up of a combination of lens of different focal powers so that the image formed is free of unwanted colours.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Lentille composée, formée par juxtaposition de lentilles convergentes et divergentes, qui fait voir les objets sans reflet irisé.

OBS

lentille achromatique : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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Record 2 1987-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
DEF

A two-element lens - a doublet - that greatly reduces chromatic aberration in an optical system. The components, one positive, one negative, are of different types of glasses (i.e. they have different refractive indices); ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
CONT

On peut compenser en partie cette aberration chromatique dans un système qui associe deux lentilles, convergente et divergente, faites de verres dont les pouvoirs dispersifs respectifs sont différents; c'est le doublet achromatique (...)

Spanish

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