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  2. Corrective lens - Wikipedia

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    Corrective lens. A corrective lens is a transmissive optical device that is worn on the eye to improve visual perception. The most common use is to treat refractive errors: myopia, hypermetropia, astigmatism, and presbyopia. Glasses or "spectacles" are worn on the face a short distance in front of the eye.

  3. Eyeglass prescription - Wikipedia

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    Eyeglass prescription. Using a phoropter to determine a prescription for eyeglasses. An eyeglass prescription is an order written by an eyewear prescriber, such as an optometrist, that specifies the value of all parameters the prescriber has deemed necessary to construct and/or dispense corrective lenses appropriate for a patient.

  4. Prism correction - Wikipedia

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    Prism dioptres. Prism correction is commonly specified in prism dioptres, a unit of angular measurement that is loosely related to the dioptre. Prism dioptres are represented by the Greek symbol delta (Δ) in superscript. A prism of power 1 Δ would produce 1 unit of displacement for an object held 100 units from the prism. [2]

  5. Category:Corrective lenses - Wikipedia

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    A corrective lens is a lens worn on or before the eye. They are used to treat myopia , hypermetropia , astigmatism , and presbyopia . The main article for this category is Corrective lens .

  6. Optics and vision - Wikipedia

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    Optics and vision. Vision of humans and other organisms depends on several organs such as the lens of the eye, and any vision correcting devices, which use optics to focus the image. The eyes of many animals contains a lens that focuses the light of its surroundings onto the retina of the eye. This lens is essential to producing clear images ...

  7. Glasses - Wikipedia

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    Corrective lens shape Modern glasses with a rectangular lens shape. Corrective lenses can be produced in many different shapes from a circular lens called a lens blank. Lens blanks are cut to fit the shape of the frame that will hold them. Frame styles vary and fashion trends change over time, resulting in a multitude of lens shapes.

  8. Vertex distance - Wikipedia

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    Vertex distance is the distance between the back surface of a corrective lens, i.e. glasses (spectacles) or contact lenses, and the front of the cornea. Increasing or decreasing the vertex distance changes the optical properties of the system, by moving the focal point forward or backward, effectively changing the power of the lens relative to ...

  9. List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions - Wikipedia

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    o can be mistaken as an a which could read "a.d.", meaning right ear, confusion with "omni die" o.m. omni mane: every morning omn. bih. omni bihora: every 2 hours omn. hor. omni hora: every hour o.n. omni nocte: every night OPD once per day o.s. oculus sinister: left eye o can be mistaken as an a which could read "a.s.", meaning left ear o.u ...