dioptric telescope
1dioptric — 1. adjective /daɪˈɒptrɪk/ Acting as a medium for sight; making use of refraction (of lenses, etc.). 2. noun /daɪˈɒptrɪk/ a) The branch of optics concerned with refraction. b) A dioptric telescope …
2Dioptric — Di*op tric, Dioptrical Di*op tric*al, a. [Gr. ? belonging to the use of the ?; ? = dia through + the root of ? I shall see: cf. F. dioptrique.] Of or pertaining to dioptrics; assisting vision by means of the refraction of light; refractive; as,… …
3Dioptric curve — Dioptric Di*op tric, Dioptrical Di*op tric*al, a. [Gr. ? belonging to the use of the ?; ? = dia through + the root of ? I shall see: cf. F. dioptrique.] Of or pertaining to dioptrics; assisting vision by means of the refraction of light;… …
4Refracting telescope — A refracting or refractor telescope is a dioptric telescope that uses a lens as its objective to form an image. The refracting telescope design was originally used in spy glasses and astronomical telescopes but is also used in other devices such… …
5Binocle — Bin o*cle, n. [F. binocle; L. bini two at a time + oculus eye.] (Opt.) A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once; a double barreled field glass or an opera glass. [1913… …
6Dioptrical — Dioptric Di*op tric, Dioptrical Di*op tric*al, a. [Gr. ? belonging to the use of the ?; ? = dia through + the root of ? I shall see: cf. F. dioptrique.] Of or pertaining to dioptrics; assisting vision by means of the refraction of light;… …
7COROT — Model of the Corot satellite General information NSSDC ID 2006 063A Organization …
8Wise Observatory — The Florence and George Wise Observatory (IAU code 097) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Tel Aviv University. It is located 5 km west of the city of Mitzpe Ramon in the Negev desert near the edge of the Ramon Crater, and it is …
9Catoptrics — deals with the phenomena of reflected light and image forming optical systems using mirrors. From the Greek κατοπτρικός (specular) [ A Concise Dictionary of the English and Modern Greek Languages by Antonius Nicholas Jannaris, 1895 J. Murray]… …
10Alhazen — For the Moon crater, see Alhazen (crater). For the asteroid, see 59239 Alhazen. Alhazen Alhazen (Ibn al Haytham) …
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