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Definition of Catadioptric

1. a. Pertaining to, produced by, or involving, both the reflection and refraction of light; as, a catadioptric light.

Definition of Catadioptric

1. Adjective. (optics) Of or pertaining to optical systems that employ both refractive (dioptric) and reflective (catoptric) elements. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Catadioptric

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Catadioptric

1. An optical system in which both reflecting and refracting curved surfaces are used to form an image. Some reflecting objective lenses, as well as video projection systems, are catadioptric, the latter uses a Schmidt plate to correct the spherical aberration introduced by the spherical reflecting mirror. (16 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Catadioptric

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

1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1851)
"The size of this catadioptric preparation will be of the third order, and visible at sea from a distance of four German miles. In return, the coast light ..."

2. Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookedited by Charles Morris edited by Charles Morris (1921)
"The catoptric, dioptric and catadioptric systems are illustrated in the ... Fixed catadioptric Apparatus. figures. In the first the reflectors о о are shown ..."

3. A Rudimentary Treatise on the History, Construction and Illumination of by Alan Stevenson (1850)
"... by their union, a cylinder with a lamp in its axis, and producing a zone of light of equal intensity all round the horizon; and as, x are catadioptric ..."

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