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Definition of Decentred
1. decentre [v] - See also: decentre
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decentred
Literary usage of Decentred
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ophthalmic review (1891)
"... in doing so the prismo-sphere is considered as a decentred spherical lens,
and a mathematical formula is worked out which "enables one to determine the ..."
2. Heterophorias and insufficiencies: A Clinical Study by H. H. Seabrook (1900)
"It will be noticed that a distinction was made in two of these cases between
prisms and decentred lenses; I have given up any attempt to keep up such a ..."
3. The Refraction of the eye: A Manual for Students by Gustavus Hartridge (1898)
"Thus in order to find out the amount that a lens should be decentred to produce
a given prismatic effect, it is necessary to multiply 8'7 by the number of ..."
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