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STIGMATISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Normal eyesight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("stigmatism" is a kind of...):
sight; vision; visual modality; visual sense (the ability to see; the visual faculty)
Derivation:
stigmatic (not astigmatic)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(optics) condition of an optical system (as a lens) in which light rays from a single point converge in a single focal point
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("stigmatism" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Domain category:
optics (the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light)
Antonym:
astigmatism ((optics) defect in an optical system in which light rays from a single point fail to converge in a single focal point)
Derivation:
stigmatic (pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images))
Sense 3
Meaning:
The condition of having or being marked by stigmata
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("stigmatism" is a kind of...):
condition (a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing)
Derivation:
stigmatic (pertaining to or resembling or having stigmata)
stigmatist (a person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ))
