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Retroscopic

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-004818

Describing a spectacle lens, or its mounting, that is tilted in the direction opposite to a pantoscopic tilt, so that the top edge of the lens sits nearer the face and the bottom edge farther from it. In a pantoscopic tilt the bottom edge is the one nearer the cheeks. The tilt is measured in degrees from the vertical plane of the face.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-004818
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectOptics and imaging
TranslationsGerman: retroscopisch; Spanish: retroscópico; French: rétroscopique
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004818",
  "term": "Retroscopic",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "Describing a spectacle lens, or its mounting, that is tilted in the direction opposite to a pantoscopic tilt, so that the top edge of the lens sits nearer the face and the bottom edge farther from it. In a pantoscopic tilt the bottom edge is the one nearer the cheeks. The tilt is measured in degrees from the vertical plane of the face.",
  "subject": "Optics and imaging",
  "translations": {
    "de": "retroscopisch",
    "es": "retroscópico",
    "fr": "rétroscopique"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/retroscopic/"
}

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