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What does refractive mean?

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Adjective
  1. Describing that which refracts.
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Eyes that are not optimized in this way are said to have refractive errors.
After randomisation, all children were tested for refractive error with cycloplegic drops to eliminate artefact due to accommodation.
If you are happy wearing contact lenses or glasses, you may not want to have refractive surgery.
The single advantage of refractive systems over their reflective counterparts is an absence of off-axis aberrations.
Concave lenses with minus or divergent power correct this refractive error and refocus the light rays on the correct point on the retina.
First, they are structural proteins that contribute to the refractive powers of the lens.

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