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index ametropia (medicine) and quantal (iou)


index ametropia (medicine)


index ametropia


That resulting from alteration in the refractive index of the lens of the eye.


quantal (iou)



quantal adjective. L17.
[Sense 1 from Latin quantus how great; sense 2 from QUANTUM: see -AL1.]
Of a part: that is contained in the whole but does not divide it evenly. Cf. ALIQUOT adjective. rare. Only in L17.
a. Composed of discrete units; varying in steps rather than continuously; Physiology designating an all-or-none response. E20.
b. Physics. Of the Nature of a quantum or quanta; of or pertaining to the quantum theory. M20.
quantally adverb M20.