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Dioptrics - Wikipedia
Dioptrics is the branch of optics dealing with refraction, especially by lenses . In contrast, the branch dealing with mirrors is known as catoptrics. Telescopes that create their image with an objective that is a convex lens (refractors) are said to be "dioptric" telescopes.
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DIOPTRIC Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of DIOPTRIC is refractive; specifically : assisting vision by refracting and focusing light. How to use dioptric in a sentence.
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Dioptrics - The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon
The Dioptrique, often translated as the Optics or, more literally, as the Dioptrics is one of Descartes' earliest works. Likely begun in the mid- to late ...
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Dioptrique - Wikipedia
La dioptrique (in English Dioptrique, Optics, or Dioptrics) is a short treatise by René Descartes. It was published in 1637 included in one of the Essays ...
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DIOPTRICS Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Dioptrics definition: the branch of geometrical optics dealing with the formation of images by lenses.. See examples of DIOPTRICS used in a sentence.
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DIOPTRICS Definition & Meaning | Merriam-Webster Medical
The meaning of DIOPTRICS is a branch of optics dealing with the refraction of light especially by lenses. How to use dioptrics in a sentence.
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[PDF] Descartes' Dioptrics | Scholars at Harvard
The subject matter of the Dioptrics may be thought of as covering three main topics and is formally divided by Descartes into ten chapters or. “discourses”. The ...
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dioptrics noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes
the scientific study of refraction (= the way light changes direction when it goes through glass, etc.) Take your English to the next level.
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DIOPTRICS definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
The branch of geometrical optics concerned with the formation of images by lenses.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
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Diopter (disambiguation)
measuring device
A dioptra, an old surveying device
An alidade
A surgical speculum
An instrument for drawing the skull by projections
See also
Dioptrice
Dioptrics
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dioptic
† diˈoptic, a. and n. Obs. [f. Gr. δι-, δια- through + ὀπτικ-ός of or pertaining to sight or vision, f. root ὀπ- to see.] A. adj. = dioptric. Also diˈoptical.1656 Blount Glossogr., The Dioptick Art, the Perspective Art, or that part of Astronomy, which by Quadrants and hollow instruments pierces the...
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diacoustics
diacoustics (daɪəˈkaʊstɪks) [mod. f. di-3 + acoustics: in F. diacoustique. Cf. dioptrics.] A name for the science of refracted sounds. Also termed diaphonics.1683 Phil. Trans. XIV. 473 Hearing may be divided into direct, refracted and reflex'd..which are yet nameless unless we call them Acousticks, ...
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Catoptrics
See also
Dioptrics
Catadioptrics
Optical telescope
List of telescope types
Image-forming optical system
Fresnel lens
Lighthouse lens
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dioptrician
dioptrician rare. (daɪɒpˈtrɪʃən) [f. dioptric; cf. optician.] One skilled in dioptrics.1670 Phil. Trans. V. 2045 An Un-usual kind of Refraction, hitherto un-observed by Dioptricians.
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