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op·tics
(ŏp′tĭks)n.
1. (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.
2. (used with a pl. verb) Informal The way a situation or action appears to the general public: Voters were put off by the optics of the candidate's financial dealings.
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optics
(ˈɒptɪks)n
(General Physics) (functioning as singular) the branch of science concerned with vision and the generation, nature, propagation, and behaviour of electromagnetic light
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op•tics
(ˈɒp tɪks)n. (used with a sing. v.)
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·tics
(ŏp′tĭks) The scientific study of light and vision.
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optics
The study of light and its uses.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() meniscus - (optics) a lens that is concave on one side and convex on the other natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" catoptrics - branch of optics dealing with formation of images by mirrors holography - the branch of optics that deals with the use of coherent light from a laser in order to make a hologram that can then be used to create a three-dimensional image stigmatism - (optics) condition of an optical system (as a lens) in which light rays from a single point converge in a single focal point astigmatism, astigmia - (optics) defect in an optical system in which light rays from a single point fail to converge in a single focal point collimate - adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument) refract - subject to refraction; "refract a light beam" reflect - show an image of; "her sunglasses reflected his image" resolve - make clearly visible; "can this image be resolved?" aberrate - diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration; "The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens" |
2. | optics - optical properties; "the optics of a telescope" property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" |
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Translations
بصرباتعِلْم البَصَرِّات
optika
optik
optiikka
optika
optikafénytan
ljósfræðiljósfræîisjónfræði
光学
광학
optyka
optika
optika
ทรรศนศาสตร์
ışık bilimioptik
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optics
n sing → Optik f
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optical scanner
nounoptics (ˈoptiks) noun singular
the science of light.
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op·tics
n. óptica, ciencia que estudia la luz y la relación de ésta con la visión.
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optics
n ópticaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.