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Branch of physical science
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optics
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light
Wikipedia
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Optics is the second album of the Illinois-based industrial band, I:Scintilla. It was released with two versions, a single disc version and a limited edition two disc version containing remixes.
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."
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
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.