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  2. Photochromic lens - Wikipedia

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    A photochromic eyeglass lens, part of the lens darkened after exposure to sunlight while the other part remained covered. A photochromic lens is an optical lens that darkens on exposure to light of sufficiently high frequency, most commonly ultraviolet (UV) radiation. In the absence of activating light, the lenses return to their clear state.

  3. Monochromator - Wikipedia

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    Conceptual animation of the dispersion (or breaking down) of light Monochromator in an x-ray beamline at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory.. A monochromator is an optical device that transmits a mechanically selectable narrow band of wavelengths of light or other radiation chosen from a wider range of wavelengths available at the input.

  4. Refractive error - Wikipedia

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    Eyeglasses work as an added lens of the eye serving to bend the light to bring it to focus on the retina. Depending on the eyeglasses, they serve many functions. [37] Reading glasses These are general over-the-counter glasses which can be worn for easier reading, especially for defective vision due to aging called presbyopia.

  5. Corrective lens - Wikipedia

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    In glasses with powers beyond ±4.00D, the vertex distance can affect the effective power of the glasses. [4] A shorter vertex distance can expand the field of view, but if the vertex distance is too small, the eyelashes will come into contact with the back of the lens, smudging the lens and causing annoyance for the wearer.

  6. Blue-cone monochromacy - Wikipedia

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    Blue cone monochromacy (BCM) is an inherited eye disease that causes severe color blindness, poor visual acuity, nystagmus, hemeralopia, and photophobia due to the absence of functional red (L) and green (M) cone photoreceptor cells in the retina.

  7. List of instruments used in ophthalmology - Wikipedia

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    Spectacles (glasses) to correct refractive errors of the eye; not invasive Contact lenses: to correct refractive errors of the eye; a little invasive Phoropter: used in refraction testing Tonometers: used to determine the intraoccular pressure (IOP) - useful in glaucoma; video link for various types of tonometers. Speculum:

  8. Optical aberration - Wikipedia

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    The caustic, in the first case, resembles the sign > (greater than); in the second < (less than). If the angle u1 is very small, O'1 is the Gaussian image; and O'1 O'2 is termed the longitudinal aberration, and O'1R the lateral aberration of the pencils with aperture u2.

  9. Chromatic aberration - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of an ideal image of a ring (1) and ones with only axial (2) and only transverse (3) chromatic aberration. There are two types of chromatic aberration: axial (longitudinal), and transverse (lateral). Axial aberration occurs when different wavelengths of light are focused at different distances from the lens (focus shift ...