Optics
['ɒptɪks] or ['ɑptɪks]
Definition
(noun.) optical properties; 'the optics of a telescope'.
(noun.) the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light.
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Definition
(n.) That branch of physical science which treats of the nature and properties of light, the laws of its modification by opaque and transparent bodies, and the phenomena of vision.
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Examples
- In physics they invented the pendulum, and produced work on optics. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To the sum total of human knowledge no department of science has contributed more than that of optics. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The field of optics is so large that many interesting branches can receive only a casual mention. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- How daintily he held a glass to one of his optics! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But the purpose of this work is to deal with material inventions rather than scientific discoveries, and the leading invention in optics is the telescope. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The inventive genius of this century in the field of optics has not eclipsed the telescope and microscope of former ages. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Our use of the terms retina, cornea, and vitreous humor may be traced to the translation of his work on optics. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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