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What is the difference between dioptics and magnification?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I know that dioptric technology is used in lighthouses built in the 1800's which involve two sources of light - one fixed and one moving around the fixed.

    Magnification implies the simple use of a lens in proximity to a source of light to intensify it upon a fixed point, or, the use of two lenses in varying proximities to one another to bring distant or small objects into view.

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