Usually means: Correcting distortions in real-time.
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  1. adaptive optics: Merriam-Webster
  2. adaptive optics: Collins English Dictionary
  3. adaptive optics: Wordnik
  4. adaptive optics: Wiktionary
  5. adaptive optics: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. adaptive optics: Dictionary.com
  7. Adaptive optics: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. adaptive optics: FreeDictionary.org
  9. adaptive optics: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. adaptive optics: Merriam-Webster

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  1. adaptive optics: Encyclopedia

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  1. Adaptive Optics: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
  2. Adaptive Optics: Extragalactic Astronomy
  3. ADAPTIVE OPTICS: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

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noun:  (astronomy, optics) An optical system in telescopes that reduces atmospheric distortion by dynamically measuring and correcting wavefront aberrations in real time, often by using a deformable mirror.

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