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Dioptrics
Dioptrics Di*op"trics, n. [Gr. ? ?: cf. F. dioptrique.]
(Optics)
The science of the refraction of light; that part of
geometrical optics which treats of the laws of the refraction
of light in passing from one medium into another, or through
different mediums, as air, water, or glass, and esp. through
different lenses; -- distinguished from catoptrics, which
refers to reflected light.
dioptricsAnaclastics An`a*clas"tics, n. (Opt.)
That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light;
-- commonly called dioptrics. --Encyc. Brit. DioptricDioptric Di*op"tric, a. (Optics)
Of or pertaining to the dioptre, or to the metric system of
numbering glasses. -- n. A dioptre. See Dioptre. DioptricDioptric 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.
Dioptric curve (Geom.), a Cartesian oval. See under
Cartesian.
Meaning of dioptrics from wikipedia
- that is a
convex lens (refractors) are said to be "
dioptric" telescopes. An
early study of
dioptrics was
conducted by
Ptolemy in
relationship to the human...
- and
reflection are
combined in an
optical system,
usually via
lenses (
dioptrics) and
curved mirrors (catoptrics).
Catadioptric combinations are used in...
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light refraction and
lenses or
dioptrics. From 1652 date the
first drafts of a
Latin treatise on the
theory of
dioptrics,
known as the Tractatus, which...
- In optics,
optical power (also
referred to as
dioptric power,
refractive power,
focusing power, or
convergence power) is the
degree to
which a lens, mirror...
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become Fermat's principle. He made
major contributions to
catoptrics and
dioptrics by
studying reflection,
refraction and
nature of
images formed by light...
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traditional optical systems are mirror-systems (catoptrics) and lens-systems (
dioptrics). However, in the late
twentieth century,
optical fiber was introduced...
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sensor is a
visual sensor that
contains mirrors (catoptrics) and
lenses (
dioptrics), a
combined catadioptric system.
These are
panoramic sensors created...
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Sidereal Messenger of
Galileo Galilei: and a part of the
preface to Kepler's
Dioptrics containing the
original account of Galileo's
astronomical discoveries...
- the
letter E)
subtends an
angle of 1 min of arc.
Physiologic Optics:
Dioptrics of the Eye,
Functions of the Retina,
Ocular Movements and
Binocular Vision...
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dividing the lens into a set of
concentric annular sections. The
simpler dioptric (purely refractive) form of the lens was
first proposed by Georges-Louis...
