"dioptry" meaning in All languages combined

See dioptry on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: dioptries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dioptry (plural dioptries)
  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of diopter Tags: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Alternative form of: diopter
    Sense id: en-dioptry-en-noun-9jx6N2vD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1974, Lawrence Durrell, “Macabru”, in Monsieur, New York: Viking, published 1975, page 176:",
          "text": "They also shared a fearful myopia of identical dioptry, were apt to bump into inanimate objects, sit down on invisible chairs, or bounce off each other as they shambled about talking and gesticulating.",
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