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LENS FITTING [5 records]

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Record 1 2004-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Instruments
  • Photography
DEF

[A fitting in front] of a camera lens... designed to hold filters securely.

OBS

The simplest way is to finish the front mount with a plain rim which then takes push-on filter fittings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'optique
  • Photographie
OBS

Les filtres sont sertis dans une monture métallique, généralement ronde, qui s'emboîte ou se visse sur la monture avant de l'objectif

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
CONT

there are three main ways(...) providing alternative focal length for a camera :(...)(3) By fitting lens attachments in front of the fixed lens of the camera.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
CONT

objectifs C. Zeiss avec partie frontale interchangeable. Les zones noires indiquent les éléments fixes montés à demeure dans l'appareil.

Spanish

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Record 3 1995-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prostheses
  • The Eye

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prothèses
  • Oeil
CONT

[...] les données ophtalmométriques ne sont pas suffisantes [...] elles doivent être obligatoirement complétées par les observations faites [...] à partir de lentilles d'essai convenablement choisies.

Spanish

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Record 4 1993-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
OBS

fit: The quality or state of being of proper dimensions; adjustment; preparedness; adaptedness.

OBS

physical fit. The adaptation or selection of the dimensional elements of a contact lens to conform to the shape and the size of the eye, either by means of a molded impression of the eye or by trial-and-error fitting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
OBS

Ne pas confondre adaptation de lentilles et essai (trial) des lentilles. L'adaptation comporte une notion de mesure.

Spanish

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Record 5 1988-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Eye Surgery
OBS

The fitting left when the lens is cut with a laser during cataract surgery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie de l'œil
OBS

Pour éloigner la capsule de la face postérieure de l'implant, divers procédés ont donc été utilisés : petites saillies sur la face postérieure de l'implant en forme d'anneaux, de ménisque ou implant à face postérieure concave.

Spanish

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