Toric lens

Toric lens

In optics, a toric lens is a type of lens whose surface is a combination of a sphere and a cylinder. One surface of the lens is spherical, the other toroidal. [cite book|title=A Textbook of Ophthalmology|author=E. Ahmed|pages=107|date=2004|publisher=Prentice Hall of India|isbn=8120319168] [cite book|title=Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Physics|author=James Thewlis|pages=268|date=1961|publisher=Pergamon Press] Such lenses are commonly used for vision correction, in cases where there is astigmatism.

ee also

*Corrective lens
*Intraocular lens

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