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Industry: Eyewear

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color-coated lenses

Eyewear; Glasses

Lenses that have a color coating applied to the outside of the lens.

contrast

Eyewear; Glasses

The difference in brightness between the light and dark parts of an image. A higher contrast lens provides greater visual acuity.

cylinder

Eyewear; Glasses

An indicator of astigmatism on your prescription. If there is no cylinder value on your prescription, you do not have astigmatism.

diopter

Eyewear; Glasses

Unit of lens refractive power, equal to the reciprocal of the lens focus length in meters.

Most people start to suffer from vision deterioration around age 40. The eye's crystalline lens changes shape depending on the distance of the object being viewed. This lens elasticity deteriorates ...

drivewear

Eyewear; Glasses

A type of lens that transitions behind the windshield of a car. This type of lens is specifically for driving. The lens shade will vary depending on exterior lighting conditions, but never turn ...