anastigmatic
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of anastigmatic
First recorded in 1885–90; an- 1 + astigmatic
Example Sentences
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For while Author Carson saw the sea as a poet might, with the inward eye, Director Irwin Allen sees it mostly through a very expensive anastigmatic lens.
From Time Magazine Archive
In front of Bourke-White's sympathetic but anastigmatic eye files the Five-Year cake-walk�agricultural, industrial, probably unworkable.
From Time Magazine Archive
Systems in which the two astigmatic surfaces coincide are termed anastigmatic or stigmatic.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
You are too conscious of the soft focus lens and of the anastigmatic lens.
From Pictorial Photography in America 1921 by Pictorial Photographers of America
That is, one part of the picture is made with a soft focus lens and one with an anastigmatic.
From Pictorial Photography in America 1921 by Pictorial Photographers of America
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