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Diopter

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a unit of measurement of the refractive power of a lens which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length measured in meters

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
dioptre
plural
Diopters
possessive
Diopter's
pluralpossessive
Diopters'