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dioptrics

[dahy-op-triks]

di·op·trics

[dahy-op-triks]
noun (used with a singular verb)
the branch of geometrical optics dealing with the formation of images by lenses.

Origin:
1635–45; see dioptric, -ics
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dioptrics (daɪˈɒptrɪks)
 
n
(functioning as singular) the branch of geometrical optics concerned with the formation of images by lenses
 
[C20: from dioptre + -ics]

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dioptrics di·op·trics (dī-ŏp'trĭks)
n.
The branch of optics that deals with the refraction of light.


di·op'tric adj.

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