Optic

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  • adjective. Of or relating to the eye or vision.
  • adjective. Of or relating to the science of optics or optical equipment.
  • noun. An eye.
  • noun. Any of the lenses, prisms, or mirrors of an optical instrument.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Relating or pertaining to vision or sight; visual; subservient to the faculty or function of seeing.
  • Of or pertaining to the eye as the organ of vision; ocular; ophthalmic.
  • Relating to the science of optics.
  • The angle which the visual axes of the eyes make with one another as they tend to meet at some distance before the eyes.
  • The angle between the optic axes in a biaxial crystal.
  • The line in a doubly refracting crystal in the direction of which no double refraction occurs. Crystals belonging to the tetragonal and hexagonal systems have a single optic axis, coincident with their vertical crystallographical axis: hence they are said to be uniaxial. Crystals belonging to the orthorhombic, monoclinic, and triclinic systems have two optic axes, and hence are biaxial.
  • Synonyms Optic, Optical. The former is chiefly said of the anatomy of the eye and of the physiology of vision, the latter chiefly of the science of optics: as, optic nerve, tract, lobe; optical angle, center, effect.
  • noun. The eye.
  • noun. An eye-glass; a magnifying glass.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of, pertaining to, or using vision or sight.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular. See Illust. of Brain, and Eye.
  • adjective. Relating to the science of optics or to devices designed to assist vision.
  • adjective. the angle included between the optic axes of the two eyes when directed to the same point; -- sometimes called binocular parallax.
  • adjective. The line in a doubly refracting crystal, in the direction of which no double refraction occurs. A uniaxial crystal has one such line, a biaxial crystal has two.
  • adjective. a graduated circle used for the measurement of angles in optical experiments.
  • adjective. a surveyor's instrument with reflectors for laying off right angles.
  • noun. The organ of sight; an eye.
  • noun. An eyeglass.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of, or relating to the eye or to vision.
  • adjective. Of, or relating to optics or optical instruments.
  • noun. An eye.
  • noun. A lens or other part of an optical instrument that interacts with light.
  • noun. A measuring device with a small window, attached to an upside-down bottle, used to dispense alcoholic drinks in a bar.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. relating to or using sight
  • noun. the organ of sight
  • adjective. of or relating to or resembling the eye
  • Word Usage
    "The second pair are the optic nerves, which, under the name of the _optic tracts_, run down to the base of the brain, from which an optic nerve passes to each eyeball."
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