KnowraSunglassesSunglassesEyeglasses with lenses that reduce sunlight and glare reaching the eyes, often also filtering ultraviolet radiation.BriefConnectOptical filter: A material or device that selectively transmits, absorbs, or reflects parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. Sunglass lenses are optical filters that limit selected wavelengths reaching the eyes.Driving glasses: Eyewear designed to improve visual comfort and clarity while driving. Driving sunglasses must reduce bright light without obscuring road details or signals.Safety glasses: Protective eyewear designed to resist specified workplace hazards such as impact, dust, or chemical splashes. Ordinary sunglasses do not necessarily meet safety-glasses impact standards.Inuit snow goggles: Traditional Arctic eyewear with narrow slits that limits snow-reflected light entering the eyes. These goggles reduce glare through restricted openings rather than tinted lenses.Photokeratitis: Inflammation of the cornea caused by excessive ultraviolet exposure. Proper ultraviolet-blocking sunglasses can reduce one source of this painful injury.Polarization: The orientation of oscillations in a transverse wave, including light. Polarized lenses block horizontally polarized reflected light that produces much surface glare.Sports eyewear: Protective eyewear designed for physical activities, including sport-specific optical and impact requirements. Sports sunglasses combine light control with secure fit and protection from impacts.Blue-light glasses: Eyeglasses with lenses intended to reduce transmission of some blue-violet visible light. Blue-light glasses target selected visible wavelengths, unlike sunglasses' broad brightness reduction.James Ayscough: An eighteenth-century English optician known for experimenting with tinted spectacles. Ayscough's tinted lenses were an early attempt to alter visual experience, not modern UV protection.Cataract: Clouding of the eye's natural lens that can impair vision. Long-term ultraviolet exposure is associated with cataract risk, making UV protection relevant.Show all 26Linked from 10 pagesFashion accessoryBroader topic: Their protective function coexists with strong associations with personal style.PhotoprotectionRelated: They protect light-sensitive eye tissues by filtering incoming radiation.EssilorLuxotticaNarrower topic: Sunglasses are a major product category across the group's owned and licensed brands.Nana MouskouriCompared with: Mouskouri’s signature dark-rimmed spectacles were ordinary glasses, not sunglasses.PolarizerRelated: Polarizing lenses attenuate horizontally polarized reflections from roads and water.GogglesCompared with: Sunglasses usually do not provide the close seal or impact protection of goggles.Sun protectionRelated: Eye protection addresses ultraviolet exposure that skin-focused measures do not.Stargardt diseaseRelated: Photoprotection is commonly advised, though it does not reverse retinal degeneration.Show all 10