corrective lens
English
Noun
corrective lens (plural corrective lenses)
- 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.
- 1969, Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, 2005, Chapter 3, p. 71,
- An optometer is an instrument for measuring refractive errors in eyes—in order that corrective lenses may be prescribed.
See also
- contact lens
- eyeglasses