In its technical structure, the phrase mutatis mutandis uses a perfect passive participle and a gerundive form to provide the above meaning. In a shorter translation to English, it could be represented as âchanged changesâ or a similar reiterated verb. professional editor might write âmutatis mutandisâ to indicate that a set of names, dates, or other facts would be changed consistently throughout the document. This use of the phrase can be thought of as the human equivalent of a âsearch and replaceâ command for a word processor or other software.
Aspheric Lens: An aspheric lens is designed for aberration correction. With the help of aspheric lens, the image formed is distortion free. An aspheric lens is a lens whose surfaces profile neither a portion of a sphere nor of a circular cylinder. Since it is not spherical, the conventional processes no longer apply to making aspheric surfaces. This is why aspheric cost many times what spherical surfaces do.
3. spic. A highly offensive term referring in a derogatory manner to a Hispanic person, i.e. born or descendant of natives of Spain and/or any Spanish-speaking country or territory in Central America, South America or the Caribbean.