Optics

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The physics of light and vision.
  • n. The light-related aspects of a device.
  • n. Perception, image, public relations.
  • n. Plural form of optic.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. That branch of physical science which treats of the nature and properties of light, of the theory of colors (chromatics), of the change which light suffers either in its qualities or in its course when refracted or transmitted through bodies (dioptrics), when reflected from their surfaces or when passing near them (catoptrics), of the structure of the eye and the laws of vision, and of the construction of instruments of introspection, as telescopes, microscopes, etc.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light
  • n. optical properties
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
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    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Synoptics    synoptics   
     
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