# How do diopters relate to / convert to maginification power?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 22, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-diopters-relate-to-convert-to-maginification-power/286020 "2005-01-22T02:07:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![hammerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@hammerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammerbach)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-diopters-relate-to-convert-to-maginification-power/286020/21 "2005-01-23T15:56:26Z")

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Thank you!

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