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- noun Plural form of
dioptre .
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Examples
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Each lens can be adjusted to help focus eye refractions of 0.02 to 0.50, a measure of eyesight, meaning the strength of the lens changes from -6.0 dioptres to +3.0 dioptres, a unit of lens focus, by rotating dials on the side of each frame.
Adlens Sees Future in Adjustable Lens Technology Anna Novick 2011
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I laughed heartily, but Mr. Jellicoe preserved a wooden solemnity and continued to examine me through his spectacles (which I, in my turn, inspected and estimated at about minus five dioptres).
The Eye of Osiris 1902
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That is translated in to dioptres - a number which opticians can use to provide corrective lenses.
Medindia Health News 2010
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That is translated in to dioptres - a number which opticians can use to provide corrective lenses.
Medindia Health News 2010
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