Diopter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A unit of measurement of the refractive power of lenses equal to the reciprocal of the focal length measured in meters.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A unit of measure of the power of a lens or mirror, equal to the reciprocal of its focal length in meters. Myopia is diagnosed and measured in diopters.
  • n. Any lens system, such as a telescope.
  • n. A theodolite or similar surveyor’s angle measuring device.
  • n. An alidade.
  • n. A surgical speculum.
  • n. An instrument for drawing the skull by projections.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An optical instrument, invented by Hipparchus, for taking altitudes, leveling, etc.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An ancient form of theodolite.
  • n. The alidade or index arm of a graduated circle.
  • n. An instrument used in craniometry for obtaining projections of the skull.
  • n. A dioptric.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. 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
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    dioptra   
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