The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dioptric \Di*op"tric\, a. (Optics)
Of or pertaining to the dioptre, or to the metric system of
numbering glasses. -- n. A dioptre. See Dioptre. Dioptric
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dioptric \Di*op"tric\, Dioptrical \Di*op"tric*al\, a. [Gr. ?
belonging to the use of the ?; ? = dia` through + the root of
? I shall see: cf. F. dioptrique.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Dioptric curve (Geom.), a Cartesian oval. See under
Cartesian.
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