dioptrics

[ dahy-op-triks ]

/ daɪˈɒp trɪks /

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noun (used with a singular verb)

the branch of geometrical optics dealing with the formation of images by lenses.

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Origin of dioptrics

1635–45; see dioptric, -ics

Words nearby dioptrics

dioptase, diopter, dioptometer, dioptre, dioptric, dioptrics, Dior, diorama, diorite, dioscin, Dioscuri

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How to use dioptrics in a sentence

Catoptrics, which treats of the reflection of light, and Dioptrics, which treats of its refraction.
Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained|Jane Haldimand Marcet and Thomas P. Jones
In the Dioptrics of Descartes, several other curious theorems are contained.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2|Henry Hallam
To this he turned his attention again in 1611, when he published a treatise on Dioptrics.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2|Henry Hallam
He applied this geometrical and inventive genius to dioptrics, which, when treated of by him, became a new art.
Letters on England|Voltaire

In dioptrics, is a geometrical solid bounded by three parallelograms, whose bases are equal triangles.
The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth

British Dictionary definitions for dioptrics

dioptrics

/ (daɪˈɒptrɪks) /

noun

(functioning as singular) the branch of geometrical optics concerned with the formation of images by lenses

Word Origin for dioptrics

C20: from dioptre + -ics

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