optics

English

Noun

optics (uncountable)

1. (physics) The physics of light and vision.
2. The light-related aspects of a device.

   The optics of this telescope are particularly good.

3. (figuratively) Perception, image, public relations.
   • 2007 January 1, Mark Steyn, "Blowing a 'hinge moment' of history", in The Jerusalem Post:

     […] I'd be interested to know whether US authorities proffered any "advice" on the optics: Ixnay on the torture dungeon, […] ; if you have to have victims' loved ones present, go for the widows and photogenic orphans rather than Moqtada's boys.

4. Plural form of optic

Translations

physics of light and vision

• Arabic: بصربات (ar) (baṣariyyāt) pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 光學 (cmn), 光学 (cmn) (guāngxué)

• Czech: optika (cs) f
• Finnish: optiikka (fi)
• German: Optik (de) f
• Hungarian: optika (hu)
• Icelandic: ljósfræði (is) f, sjónfræði (is) f
• Irish: optaic (ga) f, radharceolaíocht (ga) f
• Italian: ottica (it) f
• Japanese: 光学 (ja) (こうがく, kōgaku)

• Korean: 광학 (ko) (gwanghak) (光學 (ko))
• Norwegian: optikk (no) m
• Polish: optyka (pl) f
• Portuguese: óptica (pt)
• Russian: о́птика (ru) (óptika) f
• Serbo-Croatian: optika (sh) f
• Slovene: optika (sl) f
• Telugu: కాంతిశాస్త్రము (te)
• Thai: ทรรศนศาสตร์ (th) (táts-ná-sàat)
• Vietnamese: quang học (vi) (光學 (vi))

the light-related aspects of a device

public relations

plural of optic — see optic

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