dioptrical

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DIOPTRIC, DIOPTRICAL adjective [Gr., to see through; to see.] 1. Affording a medium for the sight; assisting the sight in the view of distant objects; as a dioptric glass. 2. Pertaining to dioptrics, or the science of refracted light.
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