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optical definition

op·ti·cal (äp′ti kəl)

adjective

  1. of or connected with the sense of sight; visual; ocular
  2. of the relation between light and vision
  3. having to do with optics
  4. for aiding vision

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optical Synonyms

optical

modif.

ocular, seeing, visible; see visual.


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optical Usage Examples

Infinitive complement

  • coax: Digital audio cross conversion - coax to optical and optical to coax.

Modifies a noun

  • zoom: In the first example standard optical zoom has been used to the maximum 3x.

Modifying Another Word

  • only: Eventually, the Biogon was the only optical product in the world that still required it.

Used with adjective complement

  • include: Those include optical, scanning and transmission electron microscopes.
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optical quotes

Le vers est la forme optique de la pense¤  e.Voila'   pourquoi il convient surtout a'   la perspective sce¤  nique. Verse is the optical form of thought. That is the reason a scenic perspective suits it.

-Hugo,Victor Marie

In fact we do not try to picture the afterlife, nor is it our selves in our nervous tics and optical flecks that we wish to perpetuate; it is the self as the window on the world that we can't bear to thinkof shutting.

-Updike,John Hoyer

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