noun
adjective
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of or relating to the eye or vision
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a less common word for optical
noun
Other Word Forms
- interoptic adjective
- nonoptic adjective
- postoptic adjective
- preoptic adjective
- suboptic adjective
Etymology
Origin of optic
1535–45; < Medieval Latin opticus < Greek optikós, equivalent to opt ( ós ) seen (verbid of ópsesthai to see) + -ikos -ic
Example Sentences
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Beneath the stormy optics of that immigration crackdown, however, lies a less-noticed reversal: America’s own citizens are leaving in record numbers.
Fiber optic cables were lighter than copper, more of the value in GDP was in ideas not physical goods, et cetera.
From Barron's
But the Houthis had developed a network to track American warplanes with observers, optics and infrared sensors whose intricacy U.S. officials didn’t entirely understand.
Beneath the stormy optics of that immigration crackdown, however, lies a less-noticed reversal: America’s own citizens are leaving in record numbers, replanting themselves and their families in lands they find more affordable and safe.
He wonders whether it might be best for optics if the disgraced financier — the biggest financial backer to Brockman’s nonprofit Edge Foundation — didn’t attend after all.
From Salon
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