"dioptric" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /daɪˈɒptɹɪk/ Forms: more dioptric [comparative], most dioptric [superlative]
Etymology: From Greek διοπτρικός. Compare diopter. Head templates: {{en-adj}} dioptric (comparative more dioptric, superlative most dioptric)
  1. Acting as a medium for sight; making use of refraction (of lenses, etc.).
    Sense id: en-dioptric-en-adj-AuHN8yZy
  2. (obsolete) Pertaining to a diopter. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-dioptric-en-adj-osp5eJJe
  3. (obsolete) Capable of being seen through. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-dioptric-en-adj-fXoJ1Tl0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 2 58 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 31 1 60 3 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 1 62 2 3

Noun

IPA: /daɪˈɒptɹɪk/ Forms: dioptrics [plural]
Etymology: From Greek διοπτρικός. Compare diopter. Head templates: {{en-noun}} dioptric (plural dioptrics)
  1. (in the plural) The branch of optics concerned with refraction. Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-dioptric-en-noun-P3HY1JnA
  2. A dioptric telescope.
    Sense id: en-dioptric-en-noun-nfY-XZKX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: catadioptric, dioptrical, dioptrically

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "From Greek διοπτρικός. Compare diopter.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more dioptric",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most dioptric",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "adj",
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    {
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        "Acting as a medium for sight; making use of refraction (of lenses, etc.)."
      ],
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    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Umberto Eco, Island of the Day Before, London: Vintage Books, page 363:",
          "text": "[W]ould the new Narcissus—without any dioptric or sciatherical computing—grasp the alternating skirmish of light and shadow.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to a diopter."
      ],
      "id": "en-dioptric-en-adj-osp5eJJe",
      "links": [
        [
          "diopter",
          "diopter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Pertaining to a diopter."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 2 58 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Capable of being seen through."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Capable of being seen through."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/daɪˈɒptɹɪk/"
    }
  ],
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}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "catadioptric"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dioptrical"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dioptrically"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Greek διοπτρικός. Compare diopter.",
  "forms": [
    {
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      ]
    }
  ],
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  "senses": [
    {
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        "The branch of optics concerned with refraction."
      ],
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          "optics"
        ],
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          "refraction",
          "refraction"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) The branch of optics concerned with refraction."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
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        "A dioptric telescope."
      ],
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        ]
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/daɪˈɒptɹɪk/"
    }
  ],
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English nouns",
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    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Greek διοπτρικός. Compare diopter.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more dioptric",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most dioptric",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Acting as a medium for sight; making use of refraction (of lenses, etc.)."
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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          "text": "[W]ould the new Narcissus—without any dioptric or sciatherical computing—grasp the alternating skirmish of light and shadow.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Pertaining to a diopter."
      ],
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        "(obsolete) Pertaining to a diopter."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
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    },
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        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Capable of being seen through."
      ],
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        "(obsolete) Capable of being seen through."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/daɪˈɒptɹɪk/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "catadioptric"
    },
    {
      "word": "dioptrical"
    },
    {
      "word": "dioptrically"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Greek διοπτρικός. Compare diopter.",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The branch of optics concerned with refraction."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "optics",
          "optics"
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          "refraction",
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        "(in the plural) The branch of optics concerned with refraction."
      ],
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        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
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        "A dioptric telescope."
      ],
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          "telescope"
        ]
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/daɪˈɒptɹɪk/"
    }
  ],
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}

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