Definition of Optometer. Meaning of Optometer. Synonyms of Optometer

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Definition of Optometer

Optometer
Optometer Op*tom"e*ter, n. [Optic + -meter.] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the distance of distinct vision, mainly for the selection of eveglasses.

Meaning of Optometer from wikipedia

- Look up optometer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Optometer may refer to: Autorefractor, a modern electronic instrument for automatically refracting...
- optometer Davidson's Optometer, 1880s, British. Johnston Optometer, 1882, American 1882 Patent for Johnston Optometer Bertelings Compound Optometer,...
- monocular optometer, which cannot, starts in the mid-1910s, with the introduction of the Ski-optometer by Nathan Shigon, and the Phoro-optometer by Henry...
- entered the language when the instrument for measuring vision was called an optometer, (before the terms phoropter or refractor were used). The root word opto...
- method (method of lateral triangles). Ein neues Optometer : Mit 3 lithogr. Tafeln, 1863 – A new optometer: with 3 lithographs. Über die Reihenfolge der...
- the word light meter or photometer is used in place of radiometer or optometer, or it is often ****umed the system was configured to see only visible...
- ophthalmotrope. Der Augenspiegel und das Optometer für practische Aerzte, 1852 – The ophthalmoscope and the optometer for physicians. Bildliche Darstellung...
- (1966) Cornsweet, T.N.; Crane, H.D. (1970). "Servo-controlled infrared optometer". Journal of the Optical Society of America. 60 (4): 548–54. Bibcode:1970JOSA...
- In the early 1970s, for example, Leibowitz's lab developed the laser optometer and used it to advance our basic understanding of the eyes’ focusing behavior...