diopter

Significado (Inglês)

  1. 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.
  2. The dioptre adjustment mechanism of a pair of binoculars or of a camera viewfinder.
  3. (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".
  4. (obsolete) Any lens system, such as a telescope.
  5. (obsolete) A theodolite or similar surveyor’s angle measuring device.
  6. (obsolete) An alidade.
  7. (obsolete) A surgical speculum.
  8. (obsolete) An instrument for drawing the skull by projections.

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Diopter

diyopter

الديوبتر - جهاز قياس الارتفاع والمستوى

dioptria

διόπτρα

διοπτρία

dioptrie

Etimologia (Inglês)

From Latin dioptra, from Ancient Greek διόπτρα (dióptra).

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