Schmidtsystem

Schmidtsystem
Schmidt system n.
A system consisting of a concave spherical mirror and a transparent plate of glass at its center of curvature, used in reflecting telescopes to offset spherical aberration and coma.
  [After Bernhard VoldemarSchmidt (1879-1935), Estonian-born German optical scientist.]

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Universalium. 2010.

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