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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun That branch of optics which embraces phenomena in which both the reflection and the refraction of light are involved.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The science which treats of catadioptric phenomena, or of the used of catadioptric instruments.

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  • noun optics The construction and use of catadioptric lenses and systems

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