optical
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Adjective
optical (comparative more optical, superlative most optical)
- Of, or relating to sight; visual.
- Strabismus is an optical defect.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- Designed to assist or enhance sight
- A microscope is an optical instrument.
- Of, or relating to optics.
- Refraction is an optical effect.
- Of, or relating to visible light.
- Optical telescopes don't work when it is cloudy.
- Incorporating light-sensitive devices.
- An optical switch opens the door automatically.
Derived terms
- electrooptical
- extraordinary optical transmission
- floptical
- floptical disk
- magnetooptical
- magnetoptical
- nonoptical
- optical activity
- optical art
- optical astronomy
- optical axis
- optical black hole
- optical character recognition
- optical disc
- optical double
- optical drive
- optical fiber
- optical fibre
- optical flat
- optical glass
- optical illusion
- optical isomer
- opticality
- optically
- optical media
- optical microscope
- optical rotation
- optical rotatory dispersion
- optical spectrum
- optical switch
- optical telescope
- optical trap
- quasioptical
- suboptical
Translations
relating to sight — see optic
designed to assist or enhance sight
relating to optics — see optic
relating to visible light
incorporating light-sensitive devices
- Dutch: (please verify) optisch (nl)
- Esperanto: (please verify) optika
- German: (please verify) optisch (de)
- Hebrew: (please verify) אופטי (opti)
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{{trans-mid}} - Irish: (please verify) optúil
- Macedonian: (please verify) оптички m (optički)
- Mandarin: (please verify) 光學／光学 (guāngxué)
- Vietnamese: (please verify) quang học (vi)