stigmatic adj 1: pertaining to or resembling or having stigmata 2: pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images) [syn: {anastigmatic}, {stigmatic}] 3: not astigmatic [syn: {anastigmatic}, {stigmatic}] [ant: {astigmatic}] n 1: a person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ) [syn: {stigmatic}, {stigmatist}]
Stigmatic \Stig*mat"ic\, n. 1. A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded; one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment. [R.] --Bullokar. [1913 Webster] 2. A person who is marked or deformed by nature. --Shak. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] Stigmatic
Stigmatic \Stig*mat"ic\, Stigmatical \Stig*mat"ic*al\, a. [See {Stigma}.] 1. Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character. [1913 Webster] 2. Impressing with infamy or reproach. [R.] [1913 Webster] 3. (Bot., Anat., etc) Of or pertaining to a stigma or stigmata. [1913 Webster] {Stigmatic geometry}, or {Stigmatics}, that science in which the correspondence of index and stigma (see {Stigma}, 7) is made use of to establish geometrical proportions. [1913 Webster]