diopter
Meaning
- 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.
- The dioptre adjustment mechanism of a pair of binoculars or of a camera viewfinder.
- (dated) A lens element attached to the front of a photographic lens to shorten the lens's minimum focus distance; also called a "close-up filter".
- (obsolete) Any lens system, such as a telescope.
- (obsolete) A theodolite or similar surveyor’s angle measuring device.
- (obsolete) An alidade.
- (obsolete) A surgical speculum.
- (obsolete) An instrument for drawing the skull by projections.
Etymology
From Latin dioptra, from Ancient Greek διόπτρα (dióptra).
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