diopter
Meaning of diopter
- a unit of refractive power, which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length (in metres) of a given lens.
vision corrected to within one dioptre of perfect sight
late 16th century (originally as diopter, denoting an alidade): from French, from Latin dioptra, from Greek, from di- ‘through’ + optos ‘visible’. The term was used in the early 17th century to denote an ancient form of theodolite; the current sense dates from the late 19th century.
Information about diopter
- It is a name.
- The plural form of diopter is: diopters.
- Languages in which diopter is used:
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Hyphenation of diopter
diopter
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- diopter is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
diopter synonyms
Meaning dioptre:
Anagrams of diopter
dioptre, Peridot, peridot, proetid, proteid, protide, pteroid
Words that rhyme with diopter
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