Index of English words, starting with "di"

(1) - Dioptric (a.) Alt. of Dioptrical
(2) - Dioptric (n.) A dioptre. See Dioptre.
(3) - Dioptric (a.) Of or pertaining to the dioptre, or to the metric system of numbering glasses.

(1) - Dioptrics (n.) The science of the refraction of light; that part of geometrical optics which treats of the laws of the refraction of light in passing from one medium into another, or through different mediums, as air, water, or glass, and esp. through different lenses; -- distinguished from catoptrics, which refers to reflected light.

(1) - Diorama (n.) A building used for such an exhibition.
(2) - Diorama (n.) A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance through a large opening. By a combination of transparent and opaque painting, and of transmitted and reflected light, and by contrivances such as screens and shutters, much diversity of scenic effect is produced.

(1) - Dioramic (a.) Pertaining to a diorama.