Astigmatic


pertaining to, exhibiting, or correcting .
a person who has .
historical examples

after all, an astigmatic parent, seeing adolf in a dim light, might be impressed by him.
the man upstairs p. g. wodehouse

they belonged to a person who was near-sighted and astigmatic in the left eye and almost certainly blind in the right.
the mystery of 31 new inn r. austin freeman

conclusion: the lens is astigmatic, or the objective is not adjusted to be co-axial with the eyepiece.
on laboratory arts richard threlfall

of six cows, five were hypermetropic and astigmatic and one was slightly myopic.
scientific american supplement no. 822 various

scilly and i, she once said to ariadne, are an astigmatic couple.
the celebrity at home violet hunt

“no trace of chromatic, spherical, or astigmatic aberration,” he reported in surprise.
skylark three edward elmer smith

if the subject is astigmatic he will see some of the straight lines distinctly while others will be blurred.
initiative psychic energy warren hilton

he jerked it back again, and the thing looked as if it had been hung in a dim light by an astigmatic drunkard.
love among the chickens p. g. wodehouse

adjective
relating to or affected with astigmatism
noun
a person who has astigmatism
adj.

1849; see astigmatism + -ic.

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  • Astigmatic lens

    astigmatic lens astigmatic lens n. see cylindrical lens.

  • Astigmatizer

    a cylindrical lens used in a rangefinder to draw out the point image of a point source into a line.

  • Astigmatometer

    an apparatus for measuring the degree of . astigmatometer a·stig·ma·tom·e·ter (ə-stĭg’mə-tŏm’ĭ-tər) or as·tig·mom·e·ter (ās’tĭg-mŏm’ĭ-tər) n. an instrument for measuring the degree of and determining the variety of astigmatism. a·stig’ma·tom’e·try (-trē) or as’tig·mom’e·try n.

  • Astigmometer

    an apparatus for measuring the degree of .

  • Astigmatoscope

    an instrument for determining the presence and severity of . astigmatoscope as·tig·mat·o·scope (ās’tĭg-māt’ə-skōp’) or a·stig·mo·scope (ə-stĭg’mə-skōp’) n. an instrument for detecting and measuring the degree of astigmatism. a·stig’ma·tos’co·py (-tŏs’kə-pē) or as’tig·mos’co·py (-mŏs’kə-pē) n.


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