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The Collaborative International Dictionary
catoptric

Anacamptic \An`a*camp"tic\, a. [Gr. ? to bend back; ? back + ? to bend.] Reflecting of reflected; as, an anacamptic sound (and echo).

Note: The word was formerly applied to that part of optics which treats of reflection; the same as what is now called catoptric. See Catoptrics.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
catoptric

"pertaining to mirrors or a mirror," 1774, from Latinized form of Greek katoptrikos, from katoptron "mirror," from kata- "against" (see cata-) + stem of optos "seen, visible" (see optic) + instrumental suffix -tron. Related: Catoptrics; catoptrical.

Wiktionary
catoptric

a. of, relating to, or produced by mirrors or reflections n. (context now only in the plural English) The branch of optics dealing with reflection.

WordNet
catoptric

adj. of or relating to catoptrics; produced by or based on mirrors [syn: catoptrical]

Usage examples of "catoptric".

This catoptric theater was contrived to take away your identity and make you feel unsure not only of yourself but also of the very objects standing between you and the mirrors.

The eleven guardsmen who lined the seat astern, fading like so many ghosts into its pointille upholstery, owed their near invisibility to the catoptric armor of my own Praetorians.

The eleven guardsmen who lined the seat astern, fading like so many ghosts into its pointillé upholstery, owed their near invisibility to the catoptric armor of my own Praetorians.