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Definition of Decentered
1. decenter [v] - See also: decenter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decentered
Literary usage of Decentered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Refraction of the Human Eye and Methods of Estimating the Refraction by James Thorington (1916)
"According to the same rule if the +4 sphere had been decentered 5 mm. the effect
would have been 2 prisms, if it had been decentered 2*-^ mm. the effect ..."
2. Spectacles and eyeglasses: Their Forms, Mounting and Proper Adjustment by Richard Jones Phillips (1908)
"If the visual axis pass to the nasal side of the optical center of the glass,
the latter is " decentered out." Similarly a glass may be decentered in any ..."
3. Oculo-refractive Cyclopedia and Dictionary by Thomas George Atkinson (1921)
"the inner side of the geometrical, it is said to be "decentered in"; when the
reverse, it is "decentered out." PRISM EFFECT OF DECENTERING. ..."
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