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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Optometry  \Op*tom"e*try\,  n. 
  1.  (Med.)  Measurement  of  the  range  of  vision,  esp.  by  means 
  of  the  optometer. 
 
  2.  As  defined  (with  minor  variations)  in  the  statutes  of 
  various  States  of  the  United  States: 
  a  ``The  employment  of  subjective  and  objective 
  mechanical  means  to  determine  the  accomodative  and 
  refractive  states  of  the  eye  and  the  scope  of  its 
  function  in  general.'' 
  b  ``The  employment  of  any  means  other  than  the  use  of 
  drugs,  for  the  measurement  of  the  powers  of  vision  and 
  adaptation  of  lenses  for  the  aid  thereof.'' 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  optometry 
  n  :  the  practice  of  an  optometrist 




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