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| reflection of light from a surface such that an incident ray is reflected at many angles rather than at just one angle as in the case of specular reflection |
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| the mirror-like reflection of light (or of other kinds of wave) from a surface, in which light from a single incoming direction (a ray) is reflected into a single outgoing direction |
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| a type of distortion in which there is a failure of a lens to focus all colors to the same convergence point. It occurs because lenses have a different refractive index for different wavelengths of light (the dispersion of the lens) |
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| an optical effect observed in an optical device (lens, mirror, etc.) that occurs due to the increased refraction of light rays when they strike a lens or a reflection of light rays when they strike a mirror near its edge, in comparison with those that strike nearer the center |
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[image]
n1 sin Θ1=n2 sin Θ2 |
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