corrective lens

English

Noun

corrective lens (plural corrective lenses)

1. 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, chapter 3, in Slaughterhouse-Five‎^[1], New York: Dial, published 2005, page 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