Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Optometry \Op*tom"e*try\, n.
1. (Med.) Measurement of the range of vision, esp. by means
of the optometer.
2. As defined (with minor variations) in the statutes of
various States of the United States:
(a) ``The employment of subjective and objective
mechanical means to determine the accomodative and
refractive states of the eye and the scope of its
function in general.''
(b) ``The employment of any means, other than the use of
drugs, for the measurement of the powers of vision and
adaptation of lenses for the aid thereof.''
Source : WordNet®
optometry
n : the practice of an optometrist