Catoptric Definition

kə-tŏptrĭk
adjective
Of or relating to mirrors and reflected images.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • catoptrical
noun

(now only in the plural) The branch of optics dealing with reflection.

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Other Word Forms of Catoptric

Noun

Singular:
catoptric
Plural:
catoptrics

Origin of Catoptric

  • Greek katoptrikos from katoptron mirror okw- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek κατοπτικός (katoptikos), from κάτοπτρον (katoptron, “mirror").

    From Wiktionary

Catoptric Sentence Examples

  • He was a strong advocate of the groupflashing system as a means of differentiating lights, and invented an arrangement for carrying it into effect optically, his plan being first adopted for the catoptric light of the Royal Sovereign lightship, in the English Channel off Beachy Head.

  • Stephenson's catoptric illuminator (1879), may also be mentioned.

  • During his residence in Birmingham, Messrs Chance being makers of glass for use in lighthouse lamps, his attention was naturally turned to problems of lighthouse illumination, and he was able to devise improvements in both the catoptric and dioptric methods for concentrating and directing the beam.

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