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Definition of Dioptres
1. dioptre [n] - See also: dioptre
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dioptres
Literary usage of Dioptres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oculo-refractive Cyclopedia and Dictionary by Thomas George Atkinson (1921)
"If he proves to have made a turn of 6 prism dioptres inward, ... By the same
token, the prism dioptres of convergence thus determined at the far point must ..."
2. Annual of the Universal Medical Sciencesedited by [Anonymus AC02809657] edited by [Anonymus AC02809657] (1895)
"In a case of myopia of 2 dioptres, J. Hutchinson, J^ of London, observed an
extensive zone of choroidal atrophy surrounding the discs. ..."
3. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1891)
"The series does not contain half-dioptres, which are given in all the larger
refraction ophthalmoscopes; but a very prominent ophthalmologist has recently ..."
4. A Manual of Experimental Physiology for Students of Medicine by Winfield Scott Hall (1904)
"It was reserved for this place to express the position. of these limits of
accommodation in terms of dioptres, and thus most readily determine and ..."
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