The rays of different colours fail to converge at a point after passing through a thick converging lens. This defect is called

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Since the refractive index of a medium is different for different colors. Hence the rays of different colors fail to converge at a point. Since this aberration is related to colored rays it is called a chromatic aberration because chrome is a Greek word for color.

The rays of different colours fail to converge at a point after passing through a thick converging lens.…

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