what does sphere mean on a contact lens prescription
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Help with your Glasses Prescription Help with your Glasses Prescription The Sphere The sphere (Sph) specifies the strength of lens required to correct your focus - a plus sphere to correct long-sightedness (hyperopic - difficulty focusing on close objects) and a minus to correct short sightedness (myopia - difficulty focusing on distant objects.)
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How To Read Your Eyeglass Prescription In addition to the information in an eyeglass prescription, a contact lens prescription must specify the base (central) curve of the back surface of the contact lens, the lens diameter, and the specific manufacturer and brand name of the lens.
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Glasses prescription just says DS for cylinder...? Best Answer: Leave the cylinder blank or 0.00. Poly would mean Polycarbonate Lenses. PD: Pupillary Distance is the distance between the centers of each pupil measured in mm. You can probably get this from your doctor or ask an optician to measure you.
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What People Are Saying Important information for AIR OPTIX® COLORS (lotrafilcon B) contact lenses: For daily wear only for near/far-sightedness. Contact lenses, even if worn for cosmetic reasons, are prescription medical devices that must only be worn under the prescription, direction and supervision of an eye care professional. Serious eye health problems may occur as a result of sharing contact lenses.
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sphere great circle - Any circle on the surface of a sphere that lies on a plane through its center, or a circle that divides into two equal parts—as the Equator. quadrant - A quarter of a circle or sphere. rhumb line - A line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction. diameter - From Greek, meaning measure through (a circle or sphere, etc.). Sphere
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What does axis mean on my prescription? The axis number on your prescription tells your optician in which direction they must position any cylindrical power in your lenses (required for people with astigmatism). This number shows the orientation or angle in degrees from 1 to 180. The number 90 means vertical position and 180 horizontal.
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- Here’s a simple guide to what the categories mean. 1  The “sph” box for “sphere” represents the amount of long or short sight that is present.  The “cyl” box for “cylinder” represents the amount of astigmatism that is present.
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Understanding My Eye Prescription A plus sign (+) indicates you are farsighted, a minus sign (-) indicates you are nearsighted. This number is called your spherical correction. Astigmatism –The second number in your prescription identifies what degree of astigmatism you have i.e. how well or poorly your eye focuses light onto the retina. The number can be written either with a (+ sign) or a (- sign). This number is called your cylindrical correction.
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What does Base Curve (BC) mean? Lenses with smaller base curves are referred to as steep. The base curve (BC) is a part of your contact lens prescription. It relates to the curvature of your eye and typically is a measurement in the range 8.0 to 9.5. Your doctor measures the curvature of your eye during your contact lens exam and chooses the base curve for your contacts appropriately.
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celestial sphere The celestial sphere is essentially a spherical map of the sky that provides the basis for the coordinate systems used in celestial navigation and in specifying the positions and motions of celestial objects. See more at altazimuth coordinate system, ecliptic coordinate system, equatorial coordinate system.
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- Here are the definitions of the symbols/abbreviations used in a typical contact lens prescription: 1  Eye - Which eyes the prescription line item is for. OD - Right Eye. 2  SPH - Sphere (this can also be referred to as Power or PWR) 3  BC - Base Curve (usually a number between 8 and 10)  DIA - Diameter (usually a number between 13 and 15)
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lens Any lens that is not of curved form. 2. A contact lens in which the back optic zone radius is longer than the flattest meridian of the cornea. This definition may not be valid for a soft lens that may have a back optic zone radius longer than the flattest meridian of the cornea and yet not be flat fitting.
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What Is the Average Eye Measurement for Contact lenses? Base Curve. The base curve, or BC, is the radius of the back of the contact lens, the part that sits on your eye. According to Laser Eye Surgery Review , the average measurement of a base curve is between 8.0 and 10.0. An example of a common base curve would be BC 8.7mm. Diameter. All contact lenses have a measurement called the diameter. This measurement is in millimeters and is the size of the lens. The August, 2005 issue of Contact Lens Spectrum notes that the average contact lens diameter is 14.0mm. Expiration Date
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HOW TO READ YOUR EYEGLASS PRESCRIPTION SPH(or Sphere) indicates the eyeglass prescription power, or how strong your lenses need to be to correct your vision. For an indicator of how much magnifying power is needed in a bifocal or progressive lens to correct your vision problems, look for ADD.
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How to Read Your Eyeglass Prescription When your eye doctor corrects for astigmatism, it is called a cylindrical correction. It is called cylindrical because it has no curve (or power) in one direction, and maximum power at a 90-degree angle to the original direction. Your eye doctor has to determine what axis your astigmatism occurs on in your eye.
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Equinox The celestial sphere is a practical tool for spherical astronomy, allowing observers to plot positions of objects in the sky when their distances are unknown or unimportant.
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Understanding My Eye Prescription Understanding My Eye Prescription. 1  Refractive Power – The first number in the series identifies your degree of nearsightedness or farsightedness. A plus sign (+) indicates you are farsighted, a minus sign (-) indicates you are nearsighted. This number is called your spherical correction. Astigmatism –The second number in your prescription identifies what degree of astigmatism you have i.e. how well or poorly your eye focuses light onto the retina. The number can be written either with a (+ sign) or a (- sign). This number is called your cylindrical correction.
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What does sph mean on my eye prescription? Answers (3) SPH in the OS cylinder column means sphere power. If there is a signs of SPH cylinder, it stands for you have no astigmatic correction in the particular eye. That is why there is nothing filled out in the axis column. If you have astigmatism in the particular eye, thus the cylinder and the axis columns would be filled out.
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Eye Exams for Contact Lenses Contact Lens Fitting. One size does not fit all when it comes to contact lenses. Your eye doctor will need to take some measurements to properly fit your contact lenses. Contact lenses that do not fit properly could cause discomfort, blurry vision or even damage the eye. Here are some of the measurements your eye doctor will take for a contact lens fitting: Corneal Curvature. In order to assure that the fitting curve of the lens properly fits the curve of your eye, your doctor will measure the curvature of the cornea or front surface of the eye. The curvature is measured with an instrument called a keratometer to determine the appropriate curve for your contact lenses.
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- What is base curve? Base Curve (BC) is a measure of the curvature of the contact lens. This helps it fit your cornea more comfortably since some corneas are steeper or flatter than others. The higher the Base Curve number the flatter the curvature of the cornea.
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How to Read Your Eyeglass Prescription 1 Cylindrical is where you find a measurement, in diopters, to correct for astigmatism. 2  Axis tells where your astigmatism is located along the horizontal axis in your eye (described above). 3  Add: If you have a column called Add in your prescription, this is for bifocals.
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How to Read and Enter Your Eyeglass Prescription OD - This is shorthand for oculus dextraous which means Right Eye. OS - This is shorthand for oculus sinister which really means Left Eye. OU - This is shorthand for oculus uterque which really means Both Eyes. If you see this, you'll want to enter the prescription the same on both eyes. Sphere or Power - SPH or PWR - This is the main strength of your eyeglass prescription, and is written in 0.25 increments. If the field has 'SPH', 'PL', 'PLANO', or '00', this means your there is a 0.00 power as should be entered as so.
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GLOBE Dictionary entry overview: What does globe mean? • GLOBE (noun) The noun GLOBE has 3 senses: 1. the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on 2. an object with a spherical shape 3. a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented Familiarity information: GLOBE used as a noun is uncommon.
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What is Live Action Roleplaying? Each of these weapons does a defined amount of damage with a successful hit. Damage that a character does depends on the level and class of the character. Hits to the head, throat, hand, or groin area are not allowed at any time, but hits virtually anywhere else on the body are permissible.
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sphere sphere - a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses) round shape - a shape that is curved and without sharp angles conglobation, conglomeration - a rounded spherical form
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Contact Lenses: Is there a significant difference between 8.8mm and 8.4mm BC? The base curve, diameter and peripheral curves are the primary modifiable factors that control the fit of the contact lens on the eye. Soft contact lenses usually have a base curve of 7.8 to 9.2 mm in radius. Reducing the radius of the base curve in turn reduces the sagittal depth of the lens (all other factors being constant,) this “tightens” the fit of the lens on the eye.