Edged lens

One or more pieces of optical glass or similar material designed to collect and transfer rays of light to form a sharp image on film, paper or a projection screen. In practical ...

lens

Earth science; Remote sensing

One or more pieces of glass or other transparent material shaped to form an image by refraction of light.

lens

Health care; Optometry

1. The nearly spherical body in the eye, located behind the cornea, that focuses light rays onto the retina. 2. A device used to focus light into the eye in order to magnify or ...

ophthalmoscope

Eyewear; Optometry

An optical instrument used to examine the external and internal parts of the eye, particularly the media and the fundus.

pantoscopic angle

Eyewear; Optometry

1. Angle in the vertical plane between the optical axis of a spectacle lens and the visual axis of the eye in the primary position, usually taken to be the horizontal. 2. Angle ...

optical material

Eyewear; Optometry

Transparent material capable of being manufactured into optical components.

optical radiation hazard

Eyewear; Optometry

Possibility of damage to the retina by optical radiation.

optical centre

Eyewear; Optometry

For practical purposes, the intersection of the optical axis with the front surface a lens.

ophthalmoscope

Optometry; Optometry

An optical instrument used to examine the external and internal parts of the eye, particularly the media and the fundus.

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