corrector plate

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corrector plate [kə′rek·tər ‚plāt]

(optics)

A thin lens or system of lenses used to correct the spherical aberration of a spherical lens or the coma of a parabolic lens; used particularly in telescopes such as the Schmidt telescope. Also known as correcting plate.

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