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Astigmatic

Affected with, or pertaining to, astigmatism; as, astigmatic eyes; also, remedying astigmatism; as, astigmatic lenses.

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Astigmatism 74% connected

A defect of the eye or of a lens, in consequence of which the rays derived from one point are not brought to a single focal point, thus causing imper…

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Astigmatism 74% connected

A defect of the eye or of a lens, in consequence of which the rays derived from one point are not brought to a single focal point, thus causing imper…

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Albino noun · 78% connection

A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, a…

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Altiscope noun · 78% connection

An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person to see an object in spite of intervening objects.

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Aphakia noun · 78% connection

An anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of the crystalline lens, as after operations for cataract. The remedy is the us…

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Argus noun · 78% connection

A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, who has placed by Juno to guard Io. His eyes were transplanted to the…

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Binocular adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to both eyes; employing both eyes at once; as, binocular vision.

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Blear-eyed adjective · 78% connection

Having sore eyes; having the eyes dim with rheum; dim-sighted.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: affected, pertaining, astigmatism, eyes, remedying.
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Blink verb · 78% connection

To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.

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Bruiser noun · 78% connection

A concave tool used in grinding lenses or the speculums of telescopes.

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Camera obscura unknown · 78% connection

An apparatus in which the image of an external object or objects is, by means of lenses, thrown upon a sensitized plate or surface pla…

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Cosmorama noun · 78% connection

An exhibition in which a series of views in various parts of the world is seen reflected by mirrors through a series of lenses, with s…

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Delacrymation noun · 78% connection

An involuntary discharge of watery humors from the eyes; wateriness of the eyes.

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Dioptrics noun · 78% connection

The science of the refraction of light; that part of geometrical optics which treats of the laws of the refraction of light in passing…

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Doublet adjective · 78% connection

An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the i…

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Emmetropia noun · 78% connection

That refractive condition of the eye in which the rays of light are all brought accurately and without undue effort to a focus upon th…

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Eyepiece noun · 78% connection

The lens, or combination of lenses, at the eye end of a telescope or other optical instrument, through which the image formed by the m…

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Facet noun · 78% connection

One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.

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Fresnel lens noun · 78% connection

lens composed of a number of small lenses arranged to make a lightweight lens of large diameter and short focal length

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Ghost noun · 78% connection

A false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.

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