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  2. Adjustable-focus eyeglasses - Wikipedia

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    Adjustable focus eyeglasses have one focal length, but it is variable without having to change where one is looking. Possible uses for such glasses are to provide inexpensive eyeglasses for people from low-income groups , developing countries , third world countries or to accommodate for presbyopia.

  3. Optics and vision - Wikipedia

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    Glasses (also called eyeglasses or spectacles) are frames bearing lenses worn in front of the eyes, normally for vision correction, eye protection, or for protection from UV rays. Modern glasses are typically supported by pads on the bridge of the nose and by temple arms placed over the ears .

  4. Ophthalmic trial frame - Wikipedia

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    An ideal trial frame have minimum 3 cells, one each for holding spherical lens, cylindrical lens and other tools like occluder or pinhole. [4] Angle for axis of astigmatism is marked on outermost visible cell There are knobes to adjust pupillary distance, side angle, height and cylindrical lens axis. [5]

  5. Glasses - Wikipedia

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    Glasses, also known as eyeglasses or spectacles, are vision eyewear with clear or tinted lenses mounted in a frame that holds them in front of a person's eyes, typically utilizing a bridge over the nose and hinged arms, known as temples or temple pieces, that rest over the ears for support.

  6. Vertex distance - Wikipedia

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    A phoropter measurement of a patient reads −8.00 D sphere and −5.25 D cylinder with an axis of 85° for one eye (the notation for which is typically written as −8 −5.25×85). The phoropter measurement is made at a common vertex distance of 12 mm from the eye.

  7. Prism correction - Wikipedia

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    Eye care professionals use prism correction as a component of some eyeglass prescriptions. A lens which includes some amount of prism correction will displace the viewed image horizontally, vertically, or a combination of both directions. The most common application for this is the treatment of strabismus.

  8. Rimless eyeglasses - Wikipedia

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    The template for rimless eyeglasses date back to the 1820s, when an Austrian inventor named Johann Friedrich Voigtländer [] marketed a rimless monocle. [2] The design as it is known today arose in the 1880s [3] as a means to alleviate the combined weight of metal frames with heavy glass lenses.

  9. Lensmeter - Wikipedia

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    It is mainly used by optometrists and opticians to measure the back or front vertex power of a spectacle lens and verify the correct prescription in a pair of eyeglasses, to properly orient and mark uncut lenses, and to confirm the correct mounting of lenses in spectacle frames.