Apochromatism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Apochromatic \Ap`o*chro*mat"ic\, a. [Pref. apo- + chromatic.]
     (Optics)
     Free from chromatic and spherical aberration; -- said esp. of
     a lens in which rays of three or more colors are brought to
     the same focus, the degree of achromatism thus obtained being
     more complete than where two rays only are thus focused, as


     in the ordinary achromatic objective. -- {Ap`o*chro"ma*tism},
     n.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]