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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DIALYTIC
Di
`a *lyt "
ic,
a.
Etym:
[
Gr.
Dialysis.
]
Defn:
Having
the
quality
of
unloosing
or
separating.
Clarke.
Dialytic
telescope,
an
achromatic
telescope
in
which
the
colored
dispersion
produced
by
a
single
object
lens
of
crown
glass
is
corrected
by
a smaller
concave
lens,
or
combination
of
lenses,
of
high
dispersive
power,
placed
at
a
distance
in
the
narrower
part
of
the
converging
cone
of
rays,
usually
near
the
middle
of
the
tube.