下面给出了48项泽尼克多项式，外加一项常数项。需要注意的是，读者并不需要严格按照下文所示的顺序排列这些泽尼克项，实际上在不同的应用和机构会采用不同的排列顺序。
表中的#0项是个常数或者说是平移项（piston term），这一项的系数也代表了平均光程差；而#1和#2项分别是x和y方向的倾斜项（tilt terms），#3代表了聚焦，因此，#1到#3项代表了波前的高斯或者近轴特性；#4和#5项代表了像散和离焦，#6和#7项代表彗差和倾斜，而#8项代表了3级像差和离焦，也就是说#4到#8项为3级相差项；同样地，#9到#15项代表了5级像差，而#16到#24项代表了7级像差，#25到#35项代表了9级像差，#36到#48项代表了11级像差。(Here are 48 Zernike polynomials, plus a constant term. It is important to note that the reader does not need to strictly arrange the Zernike entries in the order shown below, but in fact different orders of arrangement are applied to different applications and institutions.
Table #0 is a constant or a shift (piston term), a coefficient of this term also represents the average optical path difference; while #1 and #2 are inclined X and Y direction (tilt terms), #3 represents the focus, therefore, #1 to #3 on behalf of the wavefront. Gauss or paraxial properties; #4 and #5 represent the astigmatism and defocus, #6 and #7 represent coma and tilt, and #8 represents the 3 order aberration and defocus, that is to say #4 to #8 is 3 level difference; similarly, #9 to #15 on behalf of the 5 order aberration #16 and #24, to represent the 7 level #25 to #35 aberration, on behalf of the 9 #36 to #48 aberration, on behalf of the 11 order aberration.)