ADJECTIVE | all | astigmatic | of or relating to a defect in the eye or in a lens caused by a deviation from spherical curvature which prevents light rays from meeting at a common focus and so results in distorted images |
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Meaning | Of or relating to a defect in the eye or in a lens caused by a deviation from spherical curvature which prevents light rays from meeting at a common focus and so results in distorted images. | |
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Opposite | anastigmatic, stigmatic | not astigmatic |
Spanish | astigmático | |
Nouns | astigmatism, astigmia | (optics) defect in an optical system in which light rays from a single point fail to converge in a single focal point |
astigmatism, astigmia | (ophthalmology) impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea |
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