DIOPTRIC

Etymology

From Greek διοπτρικός. Compare diopter.

Adjective

dioptric (comparative more dioptric, superlative most dioptric)

(obsolete) Pertaining to a diopter.

Acting as a medium for sight; making use of refraction (of lenses, etc.).

(obsolete) Capable of being seen through.

Noun

dioptric (plural dioptrics)

(in the plural) The branch of optics concerned with refraction.

A dioptric telescope.

Anagrams

• diprotic, protidic, tripodic

Source: Wiktionary

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Di*op"tric, a. (Optics)

Definition: Of or pertaining to the dioptre, or to the metric system of numbering glasses.

– n.

Definition: A dioptre. See Dioptre.

Di*op"tric, Di*op"tric*al, a. Etym: [Gr. dioptrique.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to dioptrics; assisting vision by means of the refraction of light; refractive; as, the dioptric system; a dioptric glass or telescope. "Dioptrical principles." Nichol. Dioptric curve (Geom.), a Cartesian oval. See under Cartesian.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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