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Definition of Optical

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or involving light or optics. "Optical supplies"

2. Adjective. Relating to or using sight. "Visual navigation"

3. Adjective. Of or relating to or resembling the eye. "An ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to light"

Definition of Optical

1. Adjective. Of, or relating to sight; visual ¹

2. Adjective. Designed to assist or enhance sight ¹

3. Adjective. Of, or relating to optics ¹

4. Adjective. Of, or relating to visible light ¹

5. Adjective. Incorporating light-sensitive devices ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Optical

1. pertaining to sight [adj]

Medical Definition of Optical

1. 1. Of or pertaining to vision or sight. "The moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views." (Milton) 2. Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular; as, the optic nerves (the first pair of cranial nerves) which are distributed to the retina. 3. Relating to the science of optics; as, optical works. Optic angle, a graduated circle used for the measurement of angles in optical experiments. Optical square, a surveyor's instrument with reflectors for laying off right angles. Origin: F. Optique, Gr.; akin to sight, I have seen, I shall see, and to the two eyes, face, L. Oculus eye. See Ocular, Eye, and cf. Canopy, Ophthalmia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Optical

optic nerve sheath fenestration optic nerves optic neuritis optic neuroma optic papilla optic part of retina optic radiation optic recess optic sign optic stalk

optic tectum optic tract optical (current term) optical aberration optical activity optical antipode optical art optical astronomy optical axis optical bench

optical character recognition optical condenser optical crown optical density optical device optical diffraction optical disc

Literary usage of Optical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Nature 103:475 Ag 14 49 Elementary optical bench. HW Farwell. il School Sei and Math 16:488-93 Je 46 Hooke's Micrographia. LL Woodruff, il Am Nat £.3:247-64 ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"HJ ETTLINGER, Secretary THE ROCHESTER MEETING OF THE optical SOCIETY OF AMERICA THE optical Society of America will meet in Rochester, NY, on Monday, ..."

3. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"This allows the effects on optical performance to be evaluated due to structural, thermal and dynamic influences on optical components such as the HST ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"While such minute and gradual variations are harmless for most optical purposes, »udden variations which generally take the form of striae or veins are ..."

5. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana, James Dwight Dana (1877)
"In other words, do the optical properties actually belong to the inherent molecular structure of the parts of the crystal ? Or, does the geometrical form of ..."

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