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.

RELATED WORDS

catoptrics

Nearby words

Origin of dioptrics

1635–45; see dioptric, -ics

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Examples from the Web for dioptrics

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
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
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

The only other optical treatise written by Kepler, was his Dioptrics, with an appendix on the use of optics in philosophy.
The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler|David Brewster

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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Medicine definitions for dioptrics

dioptrics

[ dī-ŏp′trĭks ]

n.

The branch of optics that deals with the refraction of light.

Related formsdi•op′tric adj.