Definition of Dioptral

1. diopter [adj] - See also: diopter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dioptral

dionysias
dioon
dioperad
dioperads
diophantine
diopside
diopsides
diopsidic
dioptase
dioptases
diopter
diopters
dioptometer
dioptometers
dioptra
dioptral (current term)
dioptre
dioptres
dioptric
dioptric aberration
dioptrical
dioptrics
dioptries
dioptry
diorama
dioramas
dioramic
diorism
diorisms
dioristic

Literary usage of Dioptral

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ophthalmic Lenses and Prisms: An Essay Contributed to "The American by Charles Frederick Prentice (1917)
"The law of deceleration teaches that the lens-dioptral power is equal to the prism- dioptral power when a lens is decentered one centimeter, so that, ..."

2. Dioptric Formulae for Combined Cylindrical Lenses: Applicable for All by Charles Frederick Prentice (1888)
"dioptral FORMULA FOR COMBINED CYLINDRICAL LENSES 39 IV. ... Tables in Verification of the dioptral Formulae 48 LIST OF PLATES. FRONTISPIECE. ..."

3. Oculo-refractive Cyclopedia and Dictionary by Thomas George Atkinson (1921)
"So many errors have been seen by the writer in printed statements having to do with the calculations of these dioptral powers and radii that he may be ..."

4. A Pocket medical dictionary: Giving the Pronunciation and Definition of the ...by George Milbry Gould by George Milbry Gould (1920)
"dioptral, di-op'-tral. Relating to a diopter. Dioptric, di-op'-trik. Pertaining to transmitted light. Dioptrics, di-op'-triks. The branch of optics treating ..."

5. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"1. An instrument for measuring the height and distance of objecte. 2. A kind of speculum. dioptral ..."

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