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Curvature vs Ophthalmometer - What's the difference?

curvature | ophthalmometer |

As nouns the difference between curvature and ophthalmometer

is that curvature is the shape of something curved while ophthalmometer is (physiology) an instrument for measuring the size of a reflected image on the convex surface of the cornea and lens of the eye, by which their curvature can be ascertained.

curvature

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The shape of something curved.
  • (mathematics) The extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space.
  • The extent to which a Riemannian manifold is intrinsically curved.

    • ophthalmometer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physiology) An instrument for measuring the size of a reflected image on the convex surface of the cornea and lens of the eye, by which their curvature can be ascertained.

    • Related terms

    * ophthalmometric * ophthalmometry (Webster 1913)