dioptric

  1. Adjective.  (obsolete) Pertaining to a diopter.
  2. Adjective.  Acting as a medium for sight; making use of refraction (of lenses, etc.).
  3. Adjective.  (obsolete) Capable of being seen through.
  4. Noun.  (in the plural) The branch of optics concerned with refraction.
  5. Noun.  A dioptric telescope.

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