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Webster 1913 Edition
Dioptrics
Di-op′trics
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] [GREEK]: cf. F.
dioptrique
.] (Optics)
The science of the refraction of light; that part of geometrical optics which treats of the laws of the refraction of light in passing from one medium into another, or through different mediums, as air, water, or glass, and esp. through different lenses; – distinguished from catoptrics, which refers to reflected light.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dioptrics
DIOPTRICS
,Noun.
Definition 2024
dioptrics
dioptrics
English
Noun
dioptrics
- plural of dioptric
- the study of the refraction of light, especially by lenses
Translations
study of the refraction of light
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