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Origin:
1535–45; < Medieval Latin opticus < Greek optikós, equivalent to opt(ós) seen (verbid of ópsesthai to see) + -ikos -ic
1535–45; < Medieval Latin opticus < Greek optikós, equivalent to opt(ós) seen (verbid of ópsesthai to see) + -ikos -ic
Related forms
in·ter·op·tic, adjective
non·op·tic, adjective
post·op·tic, adjective
pre·op·tic, adjective
sub·op·tic, adjective
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Optic (ˈɒptɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| (Brit) trademark a device attached to an inverted bottle for dispensing measured quantities of liquid, such as whisky, gin, etc | |
| optics (ˈɒptɪks) | |
| —n | |
| (functioning as singular) the branch of science concerned with vision and the generation, nature, propagation, and behaviour of electromagnetic light | |
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Word Origin & History
optic
1540s, from M.Fr. optique, obtique (c.1300), from M.L. opticus "of sight or seeing," from Gk. optikos "of or having to do with sight," from optos "seen, visible," from op-, root of opsesthai "be going to see," related to ops "eye," from PIE *oqw- "eye/see" (see eye). Optics
"science of sight and light" is from 1570s.
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Medical Dictionary
optic op·tic (ŏp'tĭk) or op·ti·cal (ŏp'tĭ-kəl)
adj.
Of or relating to the eye or vision.
Of or relating to the science of optics or optical equipment.
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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Science Dictionary
| optic (ŏp'tĭk) Pronunciation Key
Relating to or involving the eye or vision. |
| 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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Cultural Dictionary
optics definition
The branch of physics dealing with light. (See electromagnetic waves, laser, lens, reflection, and refraction.)
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Example sentences
Trained as a physicist, he spent several years studying fiber optics and how light beams can guide their own path.
Humans are, after all, increasingly using fibre optics to talk to each other.
We can relate in modernist terms to his sense of formal rigor and his taste for the science of optics.
The whole country has been linked with fiber optics long time ago.
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