About The Word Dioptrics
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Dioptrics
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What's The Definition Of Dioptrics?Synonyms | Synonyms for Dioptrics: Related Terms | Find terms related to Dioptrics: See Also | Dioptrics In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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