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STIGMATISM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Normal eyesightplay

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 pointplay

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 stigmataplay

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))

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