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op·ti·cal
(ŏp′tĭ-kəl)adj.
1. Of or relating to sight; visual: an optical defect.
2. Designed to assist sight: optical instruments.
3. Of or relating to optics.
4. Relating to or using visible light: optical astronomy.
5. Using light-sensitive devices.
op′ti·cal·ly adv.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
optical
(ˈɒptɪkəl)adj
1. (General Physics) of, relating to, producing, or involving light
2. (Medicine) of or relating to the eye or to the sense of sight; optic
3. (Medicine) (esp of a lens) aiding vision or correcting a visual disorder
ˈoptically adv
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op•ti•cal
(ˈɒp tɪ kəl)adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or applying optics.
2. of or pertaining to the eye or sight.
3. constructed to assist sight.
4. dealing with or skilled in optics.
[1560–70]
op′ti•cal•ly, adv.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
op·ti·cal
(ŏp′tĭ-kəl)1. Relating to sight; visual.
2. Relating to optics.
3. Relating to or using visible light: optical astronomy.
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Adj. | 1. | optical - of or relating to or involving light or optics; "optical supplies" |
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3. | optical - of or relating to or resembling the eye; "ocular muscles"; "an ocular organ"; "ocular diseases"; "the optic (or optical) axis of the eye"; "an ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to light" |
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optical
adjectiveThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
بَصَري، نَظَري
optisk
optikai
sjón-
optický
optičen
görme duygusuyla ilgilioptik
optical
[ˈɒptɪkəl] ADJ → ópticooptical disk → disco m óptico
optical fibre → fibra f óptica
optical illusion → ilusión f óptica
optical (character) reader → lector m óptico (de caracteres)
optical character recognition → reconocimiento m óptico de caracteres
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
optical
[ˈɒptɪkəl] adj [process, effect] → optique
[instrument] → optique
optical telescopes → des télescopes optiquesoptical character reader n → lecteur m optiqueoptical character recognition n → reconnaissance f optique des caractèresoptical disk n (COMPUTING) → disque m optiqueoptical fibre n → fibre f optiqueoptical illusion n → illusion f d'optique
optical telescopes → des télescopes optiquesoptical character reader n → lecteur m optiqueoptical character recognition n → reconnaissance f optique des caractèresoptical disk n (COMPUTING) → disque m optiqueoptical fibre n → fibre f optiqueoptical illusion n → illusion f d'optique
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
optical
adj → optisch
optical
:optical character reader
n (Comput) → optischer Klarschriftleser
optical character recognition
n (Comput) → optische Zeichenerkennung
optical fibre, (US) optical fiber
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
optical
[ˈɒptɪk/əl] adj → ottico/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
optician
(opˈtiʃən) noun a person who makes and sells spectacles and optical instruments. The optician mended my spectacles.
optical (ˈoptikəl) adjective of or concerning sight or what one sees. The two objects in the picture appear to be the same size, but this is just an optical illusion (= they are not actually the same size); microscopes and other optical instruments.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
op·tic
, opticala. óptico-a, rel. a la visión;
___ disk → disco ___, punto ciego de la retina;
___ illusion → ilusión ___;
___ nerve → nervio ___.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
optical, optic
adj ópticoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.