optometern.

Brit.

/ɒpˈtɒmᵻtə/, U.S.

/ɑpˈtɑmədər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: opto- comb. form, -meter comb. form².

Etymology: < opto- comb. form + -meter comb. form². Compare French optomètre (1855).

Ophthalmology.

An instrument for measuring or testing vision; esp. one for measuring the refractive power of the eye and thus testing long- and short-sightedness.

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the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > [noun] > instrumental examination or measurement of eye > instruments used in

optometer1738

opsiometer1842

ophthalmoscope1856

auto-ophthalmoscope1863

ophthalmometer1864

phacoidoscope1864

strabismometer1869

autoscope1873

strabometer1874

perimeter1875

leucoscope1883

retinoscope1883

phacoscope1886

phorometer1888

campimeter1889

prisoptometer1890

scotometer1890

skiascope1892

transilluminator1906

slit lamp1922

anomaloscope1923

gonioscope1925

synoptophore1934

1738 W. Porterfield in Med. Ess. & Observ. (ed. 2) IV. 185 The Instrument formerly mentioned; which..I have called an Optometer.

1801 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 92 5 Dr. Young..constructed an optometer, upon the principle of that of Dr. Porterfield.

1886 Leeds Mercury 15 Feb. 5/6 The spectroscopic optometer is available for the study of flames in the Bessemer converter.

1931 Science 1 May 479/1 [Awards] Walter F. Dearborn..for the construction of a stereoscopic optometer to study differences in the eyes of children who have difficulty in learning to read.

1974 Nature 25 Oct. 729/1 Because the eye was positioned one focal length behind the Maxwellian lens, the apparatus served as a Badal optometer.

2002 Ophthalmic & Physiol. Optics 22 359 A continuously recording infra-red optometer was used to measure accommodation on a group of five visually normal emmetropic subjects.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	optometer
释义	optometern. Brit. /ɒpˈtɒmᵻtə/, U.S. /ɑpˈtɑmədər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: opto- comb. form, -meter comb. form². Etymology: < opto- comb. form + -meter comb. form². Compare French optomètre (1855). Ophthalmology. An instrument for measuring or testing vision; esp. one for measuring the refractive power of the eye and thus testing long- and short-sightedness. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > [noun] > instrumental examination or measurement of eye > instruments used in optometer1738 opsiometer1842 ophthalmoscope1856 auto-ophthalmoscope1863 ophthalmometer1864 phacoidoscope1864 strabismometer1869 autoscope1873 strabometer1874 perimeter1875 leucoscope1883 retinoscope1883 phacoscope1886 phorometer1888 campimeter1889 prisoptometer1890 scotometer1890 skiascope1892 transilluminator1906 slit lamp1922 anomaloscope1923 gonioscope1925 synoptophore1934 1738 W. Porterfield in Med. Ess. & Observ. (ed. 2) IV. 185 The Instrument formerly mentioned; which..I have called an Optometer. 1801 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 92 5 Dr. Young..constructed an optometer, upon the principle of that of Dr. Porterfield. 1886 Leeds Mercury 15 Feb. 5/6 The spectroscopic optometer is available for the study of flames in the Bessemer converter. 1931 Science 1 May 479/1 [Awards] Walter F. Dearborn..for the construction of a stereoscopic optometer to study differences in the eyes of children who have difficulty in learning to read. 1974 Nature 25 Oct. 729/1 Because the eye was positioned one focal length behind the Maxwellian lens, the apparatus served as a Badal optometer. 2002 Ophthalmic & Physiol. Optics 22 359 A continuously recording infra-red optometer was used to measure accommodation on a group of five visually normal emmetropic subjects. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1738
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