English Explanatory Dictionary

dioptric

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Acting as a medium for sight; making use of refraction (of lenses, etc.).
  2. Pertaining to a diopter.
  3. Capable of being seen through.
noun
  1. The branch of optics concerned with refraction.
  2. A dioptric telescope.

Pronunciation

/daɪˈɒptɹɪk/

Word forms

dioptric more dioptric most dioptric dioptrics

Etymology

From Greek διοπτρικός. Compare diopter.

Derived words

catadioptric dioptrical dioptrically
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