Look up: diopter

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   Diopter
   Close-up lenses (which screw into the front of an existing lens and act like a reading glass) are often marked in 'diopters' (2.5 diopter close-up lens) The diopter value of a lens is calculated by taking the reciprocal of the focal length expressed in meters. Each diopter is the number of times the focal length of the lens will divide into one meter
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   Diopter
   (Digital cameras and photo printers) Unit for measuring a lens` refractive power. In photography, the term is used with close-up lenses and corrections to the viewfinder to adjust it to the user`s eyesight.
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   Diopter
   the measure of lens strength. =1/(focal length in metres)
   Found on http://www.trayner.co.uk/Info/Glossary.h
   
   
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   Diopter
   Optical term for the power of a lens. Photographically, it is typically used to indicate the magnification and focal length of close-up lenses.
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   Diopter
   Di·op'ter Di*op'tra noun [ Latin dioptra , from Greek .... See 2d Dioptric .] An optical instrument, invented by Hipparchus, for taking altitudes, leveling, etc.
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   diopter
   <microscopy> An optical unit representing the reciprocal of the focal length (in metres) of a lens, in terms of the metre. A 1 diopter lens has a focal length of 1 metre, a 2-diopter lens has a focal length of 1/2 metre, etc. The diopter expresses the power as in spectacles or other weak lenses. ... (05 Aug 1998) ...
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   diopter
   dioptre noun a unit of measurement of the refractive power of a lens which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length measured in meters; used by oculists
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   diopter
   (di-op´tәr) a unit of refractive power of lenses: the reciprocal of the focal length in meters is the refractive power in diopters. Symbol D.
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   Diopter
   • (n.) Alt. of Dioptra
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    diopter
    (from the article `Heron of Alexandria`) ...not by Heron in their present form, and the sixth consists largely of extracts from the first. Akin to these works is the Dioptra, a book on land ... ...and angles not otherwise measurable. Triangulation was used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and other peoples at a very early date, with cr...
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    diopter
    in optics, unit of magnifying power of a lens or lens system. Because the power of a lens is proportional to unity (one) divided by the focal length ... [3 related articles]
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    diopter
    The unit of refracting power of lenses, denoting the reciprocal of the focal length expressed in meters. [G. dioptra, a leveling instrument]
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    Diopter
    Optical term for the power of a lens. Photographically, it is typically used to indicate the magnification and focal length of close-up lenses
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    Diopter
    The diopter is part of the viewfinding system of a camera that can be adjusted to compensate for your own particular eyesight, allowing you to see the groundglass clearly.
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