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op·tics       [op-tiks] Pronunciation Key
–noun (used with a singular verb)
the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
[Origin: 1605–15; < ML optica < Gk optiká, n. use of neut. pl. of optikós; see optic, -ics]
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op·tic       (ŏp'tĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to the eye or vision.
  2. Of or relating to the science of optics or optical equipment.

n.  
  1. An eye.
  2. Any of the lenses, prisms, or mirrors of an optical instrument.


[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

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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