corrective lens

noun

A lens worn in front of the eye to correct disorders of the vision such as myopia.

“Her driver's licence requires her to wear corrective lenses while driving.”

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Meanings

nouncorrective lens (plural corrective lenses)

plural corrective lenses

  1. A lens worn in front of the eye to correct disorders of the vision such as myopia.

    Her driver's licence requires her to wear corrective lenses while driving.

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    An optometer is an instrument for measuring refractive errors in eyes—in order that corrective lenses may be prescribed.

    1969, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 3, in Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, published 2005, page 71
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