Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for measuring deviations or errors in delicate experiments or observations.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A device that measures
refractive aberrations of theeye
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Examples
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Technicians scan the eyeball with an aberrometer -- a device that measures aberrations that can impede vision -- and then the pixels are programmed to correct the irregularities.
Boing Boing: February 5, 2006 - February 11, 2006 Archives 2006
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Oh, and the groovy science fiction part is they have to make an optical map of your eyes with an aberrometer first.
I Want iZon! RICHARD 2006
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What happens is that a beam of light is shown into the eye and actually detects problems in the eye, and as that beam of light comes back, bounced off the back of the eye, it actually measures errors in the eye by something called an aberrometer.
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The other uses a more expensive system called an aberrometer that shines a laser into the eye and uses an array of tiny lenses to measure its characteristics, with no interaction from the patient.
cellular-news 2010
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The team is preparing to conduct clinical trials, but preliminary testing with about 20 people, and objective tests using camera lenses, have shown that it can achieve results comparable to the standard aberrometer test.
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Eye prescriptions are typically diagnosed using a phoropter or an aberrometer.
PCWorld 2010
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The other uses a more expensive system called an aberrometer that shines a laser into the eye and uses an array of tiny lenses to measure its characteristics, with no interaction from the patient.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The team is preparing to conduct clinical trials, but preliminary testing with about 20 people, and objective tests using camera lenses, have shown that it can achieve results comparable to the standard aberrometer test.
cellular-news 2010
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The team is preparing to conduct clinical trials, but preliminary testing with about 20 people, and objective tests using camera lenses, have shown that it can achieve results comparable to the standard aberrometer test.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The other uses a more expensive system called an aberrometer that shines a laser into the eye and uses an array of tiny lenses to measure its characteristics, with no interaction from the patient.
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