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optical aberration
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departure of the performance of an optical system from the predictions of paraxial optics
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1: Imaging by a lens with chromatic aberration. 2: A lens with less chromatic aberration In optics, aberration is a property of optical systems, such as lenses and mirrors, that causes the image created by the optical system to not be a faithful reproduction of the object being observed. Aberrations cause the image formed by a lens to be blurred, distorted in shape or have color fringing or other effects not seen in the object, with the nature of the distortion depending on the type of aberration.