dioptric means acting as a medium for sight; making use of refraction (of lenses, etc.). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
dioptric is pronounced /daɪˈɒptɹɪk/.
Etymology
From Greek διοπτρικός. Compare diopter.
adj
- Acting as a medium for sight; making use of refraction (of lenses, etc.).
- Pertaining to a diopter.“[W]ould the new Narcissus—without any dioptric or sciatherical computing—grasp the alternating skirmish of light and shadow.”
- Capable of being seen through.
noun
- The branch of optics concerned with refraction.
- A dioptric telescope.