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The branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light
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optics
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WordNet
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n. the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES fibre optics ▪ fibre optic cables COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN fiber ▪ To head off competition, the telcos have invested heavily in fiber optics and sophisticated switching technology. ▪ But fiber optics may change ...
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Optics is the branch of physics which involves the behaviour and properties of light , including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it. Optics usually describes the behaviour of visible , ultraviolet , and ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"science of sight and light," 1570s, from optic ; also see -ics . Used for Medieval Latin optica (neuter plural), from Greek ta optika "optical matters," neuter plural of optikos "optic."
Usage examples of optics.
She chose breath over sight and grabbed the aerator, quenching her agonized lungs even as the high-tech optics were torn off her head, turning everything black.
Only the third now stared directly at the indefatigably advancing Drounge, peering into its seeping, pustulant optics, plainly sensible not only of its presence but of its bearing and appearance.
From military optics to annular optics to entrepreneurial optics to tennis-pedagogy to film.