diopter

noun

di·op·ter | \ dī-ˈäp-tər ,

ˈdī-ˌäp- \

Definition of diopter

: a unit of measurement of the refractive power of lenses equal to the reciprocal of the focal length in meters

Examples of diopter in a Sentence

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Monoyer invented the diopter, a unit of measurement that determines the distance someone must be from a text to read it. — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, "Double Doodle! Google honors teachers, inventor of the eye chart," 9 May 2017 Perhaps the glasses’ increasing diopters told a narrative. — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, "Was Jane Austen poisoned? New evidence about her death at 41," 13 Mar. 2017

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