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OBLIQUE ASTIGMATISM [2 records]

Record 1 2012-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
DEF

A type of astigmatism in which the two principal meridians of an eye are oblique with respect to the horizontal or the vertical ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
DEF

Astigmatisme dans lequel les deux méridiens principaux sont éloignés du méridien horizontal et du méridien vertical.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos de la visión
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Record 2 1998-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
DEF

Aberration d'un système optique qui se manifeste lorsque le faisceau lumineux incident forme, avec l'axe optique, un angle qui excède les exigences de l'approximation de Gauss.

OBS

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos de la visión
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