stenopaeic

1. (optics) Pertaining to a narrow opening or slit in an opaque barrier that restricts the light which reaches the eye.Examples: "These patients were selected retrospectively, and only those treated with complete bed-rest and stenopaeic spectacles alone were accepted."; "Stenopaeic slit refraction is usually attempted when retinoscopy and more conventional subjective refractive techniques, i.e. JCC and FC, fail to provide satisfactory results."; "By contrast, the more aquatic sea lion eye is emmetropic in water and depends upon a flattened cornea and stenopaeic aperture for the formation of a good image in air (WALLs, 1942; SCHUSTERMAN, 1972)."not-comparable