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ABERROSCOPE [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • The Eye
DEF

An instrument constructed by Tscherning for measuring [the spherical aberration of his eye], consisting of a plan-convex lens mounted on a handle which has on its plano-side a micrometer grid in the form of little squares.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Oeil
CONT

L'aberroscope mis au point par Tscherning [...] est constitué d'une lentille plan-convexe comportant un quadrillage sur sa face plane.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo médico y quirúrgico
  • Ojo
DEF

Instrumento para la observación de aberraciones que consta de una lente planoconvexa con una malla que rueda sobre su superficie.

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