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op·tics
[op-tiks] Pronunciation Key
[op-tiks] Pronunciation Key –noun (used with a singular verb
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) | the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision. |
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| op·tic
(ŏp'tĭk) Pronunciation Key
adj.
n.
[Middle English optik, from Old French optique, from Medieval Latin opticus, from Greek optikos, from optos, visible; see okw- in Indo-European roots.] |
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| op·tics
(ŏp'tĭks) Pronunciation Key
n. (used with a sing. verb) The branch of physics that deals with light and vision, chiefly the generation, propagation, and detection of electromagnetic radiation having wavelengths greater than x-rays and shorter than microwaves. |
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| optics | |
noun | |
| 1. | the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light |
| 2. | optical properties; "the optics of a telescope" |
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| optic
(ŏp'tĭk) Pronunciation Key
Relating to or involving the eye or vision.
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| optics
(ŏp'tĭks) Pronunciation Key
The scientific study of light and vision. The study of optics led to the development of more general theories of electromagnetic radiation and theories of color.
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
optics
[Chapter:] Physical Sciences and Mathematics
optics
The branch of physics dealing with light. (See electromagnetic waves, laser, lens, reflection, and refraction.)
[Chapter:] Physical Sciences and Mathematics
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optics op·tics (ŏp'tĭks)
n.
The science concerned with the properties of light, its refraction and absorption, and the refracting media of the eye.
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Optics
Op"tics\, n. [Cf. F. optique, L. optice, Gr. ? (sc. ?). See Optic.] That branch of physical science which treats of the nature and properties of light, the laws of its modification by opaque and transparent bodies, and the phenomena of vision.
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