dioptric

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/daɪˈɒptɹɪk/

Definition of dioptric

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Acting as a medium for sight; making use of refraction (of lenses, etc.).
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adj

  1. Acting as a medium for sight; making use of refraction (of lenses, etc.).
  2. (obsolete)Pertaining to a diopter.
    “[W]ould the new Narcissus—without any dioptric or sciatherical computing—grasp the alternating skirmish of light and shadow.”
  3. (obsolete)Capable of being seen through.

noun

  1. (in-plural)The branch of optics concerned with refraction.
  2. A dioptric telescope.

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Etymology

From Greek διοπτρικός. Compare diopter.

Anagrams of dioptric

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