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dioptric
[ dahy-op-trik ]
adjective
- Optics. pertaining to dioptrics:
dioptric images.
- Optics, Ophthalmology. noting or pertaining to refraction or refracted light.
dioptric
/ daɪˈɒptrɪk /
adjective
- of or concerned with dioptrics
- of or denoting refraction or refracted light
dioptric
/ dī-ŏp′trĭk /
- Relating to the refraction of light, especially by a lens. Dioptric lenses are used in Fresnel lenses and camera viewfinders.
- Compare catadioptric
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Derived Forms
- diˈoptrically, adverb
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Other Words From
- di·optri·cal·ly adverb
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Example Sentences
Another classification divides the instruments themselves into three classes: (a) catoptric, (b) dioptric and (c) catadioptric.
This optic embodied the first combination of dioptric and catoptric elements in one design (fig. 34).
In fixed dioptric lights there is, of course, no divergence in the horizontal plane.
This characteristic is usually exhibited by fixed dioptric apparatus fitted with some form of occulting mechanism.
The lenses employed are of cylindrical dioptric fixed-light form, usually 100 mm.
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