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Optometry
A health care profession concerned with eyes and related structures, as well as vision, visual systems, and vision information processing in humans. The practice of eye and vision care.
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refracting edge
Eyewear; Optometry
Line in which the two nonparallel plane surfaces of a prism meet.
resolution
Eyewear; Optometry
Smallest separation between two details, expressed as a linear or angular measurement, at which a pair of. Points may be recognised as being separate under a given set of conditions.
reference plane
Eyewear; Optometry
Plane at which the readings and the power tolerances of the refractor head apply.
reference distance
Eyewear; Optometry
Distance between the reference plane of the refractor head and the corneal vertex.
reading portion
Eyewear; Optometry
That portion of a multifocal or progressive power lens having the dioptric power for near vision.
reading cap
Eyewear; Optometry
Positive lens placed in front of a telescopic objective to adapt the device for viewing a near object.
