What does dioptrical mean?
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diop·tri·cal
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dioptricaladjective
Pertaining to a diopter.
dioptricaladjective
Acting as a medium for sight; making use of refraction (of lenses etc.).
dioptricaladjective
Capable of being seen through.
Etymology: Variant of dioptric.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
DIOPTRICAL, DIOPTRICKnoun
Affording a medium for the sight; assisting the sight in the view of distant objects.
Etymology: διάϖτομαι.
Being excellently well furnished with dioptrical glasses, he had not been able to see the sun spotted. Boyle.
View the asperities of the moon through a dioptrick glass, and venture at the proportion of her hills by their shadows. Henry More, Antidote against Atheism.
Webster Dictionary
Dioptricaladjective
of or pertaining to dioptrics; assisting vision by means of the refraction of light; refractive; as, the dioptric system; a dioptric glass or telescope
Etymology: [Gr. belonging to the use of the ; = dia` through + the root of I shall see: cf. F. dioptrique.]
Anagrams for dioptrical »
tripodical
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dioptrical in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dioptrical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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