Definition of Dioptres

1. Noun. (plural of dioptre) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dioptres

1. dioptre [n] - See also: dioptre

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dioptres

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

Literary usage of Dioptres

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

1. Oculo-refractive Cyclopedia and Dictionary by Thomas George Atkinson (1921)
"If he proves to have made a turn of 6 prism dioptres inward, ... By the same token, the prism dioptres of convergence thus determined at the far point must ..."

2. Annual of the Universal Medical Sciencesedited by [Anonymus AC02809657] edited by [Anonymus AC02809657] (1895)
"In a case of myopia of 2 dioptres, J. Hutchinson, J^ of London, observed an extensive zone of choroidal atrophy surrounding the discs. ..."

3. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1891)
"The series does not contain half-dioptres, which are given in all the larger refraction ophthalmoscopes; but a very prominent ophthalmologist has recently ..."

4. A Manual of Experimental Physiology for Students of Medicine by Winfield Scott Hall (1904)
"It was reserved for this place to express the position. of these limits of accommodation in terms of dioptres, and thus most readily determine and ..."

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