treated as singularThe branch of optics that deals with refraction.
屈光学，折光学
Example sentencesExamples
Volume I covers the dioptrics of the eye; Volume II, the sensations of vision; and Volume III, the perceptions of vision.
The manuscript outlined an important application of geometry that developed by the 10th century to a new concept of anaclastics or dioptrics, Rashid said.
In 1911 he received the Nobel Prize for his work on the dioptrics of the eye.
He was studying geometrical optics in the early 1650s, and began his own treatise on dioptrics at this time, continuing to work on it for the rest of his life.
Definition of dioptrics in US English:
dioptrics
plural noundīˈäptriksdaɪˈɑptrɪks
treated as singularThe branch of optics that deals with refraction.
屈光学，折光学
Example sentencesExamples
In 1911 he received the Nobel Prize for his work on the dioptrics of the eye.
Volume I covers the dioptrics of the eye; Volume II, the sensations of vision; and Volume III, the perceptions of vision.
He was studying geometrical optics in the early 1650s, and began his own treatise on dioptrics at this time, continuing to work on it for the rest of his life.
The manuscript outlined an important application of geometry that developed by the 10th century to a new concept of anaclastics or dioptrics, Rashid said.