dioptric media
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dioptric system — a system of lenses or of different media for refracting light … Medical dictionary
refracting media — the transparent tissues and fluids in the eye through which light rays pass and by which they are refracted and brought to a focus on the retina; the structures include the cornea, aqueous humor, crystalline lens, and vitreous body. Called also… … Medical dictionary
mediaometer — me·di·a·om·e·ter (me″de ə omґə tər) [media + meter] an instrument for detecting and measuring refractive errors of the dioptric media … Medical dictionary
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Dioptrics — is the study of the refraction of light, especially by lenses. Telescopes that create their image with an objective that is a convex lens (refractors) are said to be dioptric telescopes. An early study of dioptrics was conducted by Ptolemy in… … Wikipedia
