dioptric
Americanadjective
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Optics. pertaining to dioptrics.
dioptric images.
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Optics, Ophthalmology. noting or pertaining to refraction or refracted light.
adjective
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of or concerned with dioptrics
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of or denoting refraction or refracted light
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Relating to the refraction of light, especially by a lens. Dioptric lenses are used in Fresnel lenses and camera viewfinders.
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Compare catadioptric catoptric
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Etymology
Origin of dioptric
From the Greek word dioptrikós, dating back to 1625–35. See diopter, -ic
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A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once; a doubleÏbarreled field glass or an opera glass.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
In fishes and reptiles, as Owen has remarked, "The range of gradation of dioptric structures is very great."
From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin
The light is a dioptric or lens-light of the first order.
From A Yacht Voyage Round England by William Henry Giles Kingston
It consists of alternate and opposite sectors of dioptric spherical mirror, MM, and of Fresnel’s fixed light apparatus, AA.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers by Robert Louis Stevenson
In a lighthouse on the dioptric system, the lantern is constructed with eight sides, which form an octagonal prism around the lamp in the centre.
From Smeaton and Lighthouses A Popular Biography, with an Historical Introduction and Sequel by John Smeaton
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