dioptric

English

Etymology

From Greek διοπτρικός. Compare diopter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɪˈɒptɹɪk/

Adjective

dioptric (comparative more dioptric, superlative most dioptric)

1. Acting as a medium for sight; making use of refraction (of lenses, etc.).
2. (obsolete) Pertaining to a diopter.
   • 2014, Umberto Eco, Island of the Day Before, London: Vintage Books, page 363:

     [W]ould the new Narcissus—without any dioptric or sciatherical computing—grasp the alternating skirmish of light and shadow.

3. (obsolete) Capable of being seen through.

Noun

dioptric (plural dioptrics)

1. (in the plural) The branch of optics concerned with refraction.
2. A dioptric telescope.

Derived terms

• dioptrical

Anagrams

• diprotic, protidic, tripodic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dioptrique.

Adjective

dioptric m or n (feminine singular dioptrică, masculine plural dioptrici, feminine and neuter plural dioptrice)

1. dioptric

Declension

Declension of dioptric

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	dioptric		dioptrică	dioptrici	dioptrice
	definite	dioptricul		dioptrica	dioptricii	dioptricele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	dioptric		dioptrice	dioptrici	dioptrice
	definite	dioptricului		dioptricei	dioptricilor	dioptricelor