Thursday, January 25, 2007

dioptric

dioptric (adj)

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.


dioptric (n)

1. (in plural) The branch of optics concerned with refraction.

2. A dioptric telescope.

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