dioptrics

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

Origin of dioptrics

1
1635–45; see dioptric, -ics

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British Dictionary definitions for dioptrics

dioptrics

/ (daɪˈɒptrɪks) /


noun
  1. (functioning as singular) the branch of geometrical optics concerned with the formation of images by lenses

Origin of dioptrics

1
C20: from dioptre + -ics

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