dioptric

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Acting as a medium for sight; making use of refraction (of lenses, etc.).
2. (obsolete) Pertaining to a diopter.
3. (obsolete) Capable of being seen through.

Noun

1. (in-plural) The branch of optics concerned with refraction.
2. A dioptric telescope.

Sinonieme

refraction

interception

refract

swerve

diacaustic

refringence

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/daɪˈɒptɹɪk/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Greek διοπτρικός. Compare diopter.