This International Standard de-
fines commonly used terms relat-
ing to frames for spectacles and
eyeglasses and lists equivalent
terms in English, French, Rus-
sian, German, Italian, Spanish,
American English, Japanese (with
phonetic transcription) and
Chinese for parts of such frames.
It is not applicable to goggles.
NOTE 1 In addition to the terms
used in the three official ISO
languages (English, French and
Russian), this International Standard
gives the equivalent terms in German,
Italian, Spanish, American English,
Japanese (with phonetic transcription)
and Chinese; these have been
included at the request of ISO/TC 172
and are published under the
responsibility of the member bodies
for Germany (DIN), Italy (UNI), Spain
(AENOR), USA (ANSI), Japan (JISC)
and China (SAC). However, only the
terms and definitions given in the
official languages can be considered
as ISO terms.
NOTE 2 Illustrations are of typical
examples and do not include all pos-
sible variations in design, for exam-
pie, of sprung hinges.