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Definition of: dioptric
(dī·op′trik) adjective Optics
1. Aiding the vision by refraction, as a lens.
2. Of or pertaining to dioptrics.
3. Of or pertaining to a diopter, or the system of numbering optical glasses metrically. Also di·op′tri·cal. [<Gk. dioptrikos belonging to the use of the dioptra <dioptra diopter]
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