Usually means: Unit of measurement for lenses.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. dioptry: Merriam-Webster
  2. dioptry: Wordnik
  3. dioptry: Wiktionary
  4. Dioptry, dioptry: Dictionary.com
  5. Dioptry: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. dioptry: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Dioptry: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. dioptry: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Dioptry: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dioptry: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Dioptry: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Dioptry)

noun:  (obsolete) Alternative form of diopter [A unit of measure of the power of a lens or mirror, equal to the reciprocal of its focal length in meters. Myopia is diagnosed and measured in diopters.]

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