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Search Results for: refraction

Micrometer

micrometer An instrument, used with a telescope or microscope, for measuring minute distances, or the apparent diameters of... Read More

Refractile

Definition adjective (1) Of, pertaining to, or relating to refraction. (2) Capable of refracting; having the ability to... Read More

Normal

normal (Science: microscopy) An imaginary line forming a right angle with the tangent to a curved surface at a particular... Read More

Undulatory

undulatory moving in the manner of undulations, or waves; resembling the motion of waves, which successively rise or swell... Read More

Reduced eye

reduced eye A simplified design of the ocular optical system, represented as having a single refracting surface and a... Read More

Myopia

Myopia (Science: ophthalmology) That error of refraction in which rays of light entering the eye parallel to the optic axis... Read More