Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a unit of measurement of the refractive power of a lens which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length measured in meters;
used by oculists;
[syn: diopter, dioptre]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dioptre \Di*op"tre\, n. [F. See 2d Dioptric.] (Optics)
A unit employed by oculists in numbering glasses according to
the metric system; a refractive power equal to that of a
glass whose principal focal distance is one meter.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dioptre
n 1: a unit of measurement of the refractive power of a lens
which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length
measured in meters; used by oculists [syn: diopter,
dioptre]