corrective lens

English

Noun

corrective lens (plural corrective lenses)

1. 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, Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, 2005, Chapter 3, p. 71,^[1]

     An optometer is an instrument for measuring refractive errors in eyes—in order that corrective lenses may be prescribed.

See also

• contact lens
• eyeglasses