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Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An instrument for measuring the eye, especially for determining the radius of curvature of the cornea.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Physiol.) An instrument devised by Helmholtz for measuring the size of a reflected image on the convex surface of the cornea and lens of the eye, by which their curvature can be ascertained.

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  • noun physiology An instrument for measuring the size of a reflected image on the convex surface of the cornea and lens of the eye, by which their curvature can be ascertained.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek

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