Meaning of optical in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Qualitative Adjective

    optical

    Definitions

    1. relating to or using sight

    Examples

    • « ocular inspection »
    • « an optical illusion »
    • « visual powers »
    • « visual navigation »
  2. 2. of or relating to or involving light or optics

    Examples

    • « optical supplies »
  3. 3. of or relating to or resembling the eye

    Examples

    • « ocular muscles »
    • « an ocular organ »
    • « ocular diseases »
    • « the optic (or optical) axis of the eye »
    • « an ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to light »

Famous quotes

  • « Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball. »
    James Patrick Murray
  • « You had to be aware that I saw that photography was a mere episode in the history of the optical projection and when the chemicals ended, meaning the picture was fixed by chemicals, we were in a new era. »
    David Hockney
  • « Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have seen in himself. »
    Marcel Proust

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