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Webster 1913 Edition


Optics

Op′tics

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
optique
, L.
optice
, Gr. [GREEK] (sc. [GREEK]). 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Optics

OP'TICS

,
Noun.
The science which treats of light and the phenomena of vision.

Definition 2024


òptics

òptics

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Adjective

òptics

  1. masculine plural of òptic