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A crystallized variety of pyroxene, of a clear, grayish green color; mussite.
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A unit employed by oculists in numbering glasses according to the metric system; a refractive power equal to that of a glass whose principal focal distance is one meter.
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An optical instrument, invented by Hipparchus, for taking altitudes, leveling, etc.
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Alt. of Dioptra
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A dioptre. See Dioptre.
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A common mineral occurring in monoclinic crystals, with a prismatic angle of nearly 90ยก, and also in massive forms which are often laminated. It varies in color from white to dark green and black, and includes many varieties differing in color and composition, as diopside, malacolite, salite, coccolite, augite, etc. They are all silicates of lime and magnesia with sometimes alumina and iron. Pyroxene is an essential constituent of many rocks, especially basic igneous rocks, as basalt, gabbro, etc.
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The science of the refraction of light; that part of geometrical optics which treats of the laws of the refraction of light in passing from one medium into another, or through different mediums, as air, water, or glass, and esp. through different lenses; -- distinguished from catoptrics, which refers to reflected light.
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A dioptre.
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Of or pertaining to dioptrics; assisting vision by means of the refraction of light; refractive; as, the dioptric system; a dioptric glass or telescope.
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A variety of pyroxene, from the Mussa Alp in Piedmont; diopside.
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That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; -- commonly called dioptrics.
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Originated or taught by Diophantus, the Greek writer on algebra.
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Alt. of Dioptrical
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Of or pertaining to the dioptre, or to the metric system of numbering glasses.
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A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once; a double-barreled field glass or an opera glass.
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A hydrous silicate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
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