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Dioptrics is the
branch of
optics dealing with refraction,
especially by lenses. In contrast, the
branch dealing with
mirrors is
known as catoptrics....
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Dioptric correction is the
expression for the
adjustment of the
optical instrument to the
varying visual acuity of a person's eyes. It is the adjustment...
- In optics,
optical power (also
referred to as
dioptric power,
refractive power,
focusing power, or
convergence power) is the
degree to
which a lens, mirror...
- 1911
Physiology Allvar Gullstrand 1862– 1930
Sweden "for his work on the
dioptrics of the eye" 1914
Physiology Robert Bárány 1876–1936 Austria-Hungary "for...
- 25, and to
around 1 dioptre
above age 60.
Convex lenses have
positive dioptric value and are
generally used to
correct hyperopia (farsightedness) or to...
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radiation can
result in
acute and
chronic harmful effects on the eye's
dioptric system and retina. The risk is
elevated at high
altitudes and
people living...
- the
letter E)
subtends an
angle of 1 min of arc.
Physiologic Optics:
Dioptrics of the Eye,
Functions of the Retina,
Ocular Movements and
Binocular Vision...
- work in
three essays: "Les Météores" (The Meteors), "La Dioptrique" (
Dioptrics) and La Géométrie (Geometry),
preceded by an introduction, his famous...
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scattered in Gauss's
correspondences and handnotes. In his
influential Dioptrical Investigations (1840),
Gauss gave the
first systematic analysis on the...
- catoptrics, catoptromancy, catoptrophobia, cyclops, diopter, dioptre,
dioptrics, diplopia, eisoptrophobia, emmetropia, hemianopsia, myopia, opsoclonus...