corrective lens
noun1
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.
- An optometer is an instrument for measuring refractive errors in eyes—in order that corrective lenses may be prescribed.1969, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 3, in Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, published 2005, page 71:
- Related terms
- distance vision, near vision, eyecare, eye chart, magnifying glass