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  1. actinic rays

    In optics, aberration is a property of optical systems, such as lenses, that causes light to be spread out over some region of space rather than focused to a point. Aberrations cause the image formed by a lens to be blurred or distorted, with the nature of the distortion depending on the type of aberration. Aberration can be defined as a departure of the performance of an optical system from the predictions of paraxial optics. In an imaging system, it occurs when light from one point of an object does not converge into (or does not diverge from) a single point after transmission through the system. Aberrations occur because the simple paraxial theory is not a completely accurate model of the effect of an optical system on light, rather than due to flaws in the optical elements.An image-forming optical system with aberration will produce an image which is not sharp. Makers of optical instruments need to correct optical systems to compensate for aberration. Aberration can be analyzed with the techniques of geometrical optics. The articles on reflection, refraction and caustics discuss the general features of reflected and refracted rays.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Actinic rays

    "non-luminous rays of higher frequency than the luminous rays."

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

  1. Actinic Rays

    The rays of light at the violet end of the spectrum; also the invisible rays beyond such end, or the ether waves of short periods which most strongly induce chemical change.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of actinic rays in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of actinic rays in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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