APLANAT'IC, adjective [Gr. to wander.]
An aplanatic telescope is one which entirely corrects the aberration of the rays of light. It is thus distinguished from the achromatic, which only partially corrects the aberration.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.