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Dioptric

DIOPTRIC

, DIOPTRICAL,
Adj.
[Gr., to see through; to see.]
1.
Affording a medium for the sight; assisting the sight in the view of distant objects; as a dioptric glass.
2.
Pertaining to dioptrics, or the science of refracted light.

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dioptric

dioptric

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Adjective

dioptric (comparative more dioptric, superlative most dioptric)

  1. (obsolete) Pertaining to a diopter.
  2. Acting as a medium for sight; making use of refraction (of lenses, etc.).
  3. (obsolete) Capable of being seen through.

Noun

dioptric (plural dioptrics)

  1. (in the plural) The branch of optics concerned with refraction.
  2. A dioptric telescope.

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