the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Affected with, or pertaining to, astigmatism; ; also, remedying astigmatism.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Pertaining to or exhibiting astigmatism.
In botany, without a stigma: applied to the flowers of gymnosperms from an ecological point of view. See Stigmaticæ.
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adj. of or relating to a defect in the eye or in a lens caused by a deviation from spherical curvature which prevents light rays from meeting at a common focus and so results in distorted images
Word Usage
"A red-headed researcher, actually working on a problem of a transistor which would record the TP impulse, hastily invented the fact that TP optical transmission was astigmatic and humbly requested enlightenment."