dioptric

dioptric
dioptrically, adv.
/duy op"trik/, adj.
1. Optics. pertaining to dioptrics: dioptric images.
2. Optics, Ophthalm. noting or pertaining to refraction or refracted light.
Also, dioptrical.
[1625-35; < Gk dioptrikós. See DIOPTER, -IC]

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