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2. List of optometric abbreviations - Wikipedia

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   Prism dioptre D: Dioptres DC: Dioptres cylinder DNA: Did not attend DOB: Date of birth DS: Dioptres sphere DV: Distance vision DVD: Dissociated vertical deviation EF: Eccentric fixation FB: Foreign body FD: Fixation disparity FF: Foveal fixation FHG: Family history of glaucoma: FMH: Family medical history FOH: Family ocular history F/U: Follow ...

3. Trifocal lenses - Wikipedia

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   Trifocals are eyeglasses with lenses that have three regions which correct for distance, intermediate (arm's length), and near vision. John Isaac Hawkins developed the trifocal lens in 1827. [1] Trifocals are mostly used by people with advanced presbyopia who have been prescribed 2 diopters or more of reading addition. The intermediate addition ...

4. Halo (optical phenomenon) - Wikipedia

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   Light is reflected and refracted by the ice crystals and may split into colors because of dispersion. The crystals behave like prisms and mirrors, refracting and reflecting light between their faces, sending shafts of light in particular directions.

5. Nicol prism - Wikipedia

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   Nicol prism at the Mineralogical Collection "Luigi Bombicci Museum" of the University of Bologna, in Bologna Schematic representation of the propagation of light in a Nicol prism showing the splitting of unpolarized light into ordinary and extraordinary polarized rays. A Nicol prism is a type of polarizer.

6. Adjustable-focus eyeglasses - Wikipedia

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   Adjustable focus eyeglasses are eyeglasses with an adjustable focal length. They compensate for refractive errors (such as presbyopia ) by providing variable focusing, allowing users to adjust them for desired distance or prescription, or both.

7. Four prism dioptre reflex test - Wikipedia

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   The Four Prism Dioptre Reflex Test (also known as the 4 PRT, or 4 Prism Dioptre Base-out Test) is an objective, non-dissociative test used to prove the alignment of both eyes (i.e. the presence of binocular single vision) by assessing motor fusion. [1]