Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

heterocentricity en · NOUN

Etymology

From heterocentric + -ity.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being heterocentric.
    • Consequently many concepts suitable for the camera loose their sharpness when applied to the eye. For example, because of heterocentricity, the eye has no optical axis as traditionally defined; at best one has to be satisfied with an approximate optical axis.^(1,2,16) 2011, William F. Harris, “Aperture referral in heterocentric astigmatic systems”, in Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, volume 31, number 6, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 603–604: