corrective lens
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[edit]Noun
[edit]corrective lens (plural corrective lenses)
- A lens worn in front of the eye to correct disorders of the vision such as myopia.
- Her driver's licence requires her to wear corrective lenses while driving.
- 1969, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 3, in Slaughterhouse-Five[1], New York: Dial, published 2005, page 71:
- An optometer is an instrument for measuring refractive errors in eyes—in order that corrective lenses may be prescribed.