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Definition: Stigmatism |
StigmatismNoun1. (optics) condition of an optical system (as a lens) in which light rays from a single point converge in a single focal point. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Fine Arts | The condition of an optical system (as a lens or mirror) in which rays of light from a single point converge in a single focal point. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Antonym: astigmatism (n). (additional references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
stigmatism | 111 |
eye stigmatism | 17 |
contact lens stigmatism | 3 |
eyes in stigmatism | 2 |
contact stigmatism | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "stigmatism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | stigmatisme. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | igmatismstay | ||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "stigmatism": astigmatism. (additional references) | |
Words containing "stigmatism": astigmatisms. (additional references) | |
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"Stigmatism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: stagnalis, stigmitism, stignatism. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-i-m-m-s-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: imagisms, imagists, mastitis. | |
-3 letters: imagism, imagist, misaims, statism, stigmas. | |
-4 letters: agisms, agists, maists, miasms, misaim, sigmas, staigs, stigma. | |
-5 letters: agism, agist, amiss, gaits, gasts, gists, imams, maims, maist, masts, matts, miasm, mists, mitis, mitts, satis, sigma, simas, stags, staig, stats, tamis, titis. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-i-m-m-s-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: astigmatism. | |
+2 letters: astigmatisms. | |
+3 letters: misestimating. | |
+4 letters: epigrammatists. | |
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