Schmidt System Definition

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noun

A wide-angle optical system having a concave, spherical mirror whose aberration is neutralized by a correcting lens: often used in special, photographic reflecting telescopes to obtain clear pictures of large areas of the celestial sphere.

Webster's New World

Origin of Schmidt System

After Bernhard Voldemar Schmidt (1879–1935), Estonian-born German optical scientist

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition