Definition of optic

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Optic (a.) Alt. of Optica.

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Graphoscope :: Graphoscope (n.) An optical instrument for magnifying engravings, photographs, etc., usually having one large lens and two smaller ones..
Perspective :: Perspective (n.) Of or pertaining to the science of vision; optical.
Scioptics :: Scioptics (n.) The art or process of exhibiting luminous images, especially those of external objects, in a darkened room, by arrangements of lenses or mirrors..
Enorthotrope :: Enorthotrope (n.) An optical toy; a card on which confused or imperfect figures are drawn, but which form to the eye regular figures when the card is rapidly revolved. See Thaumatrope..
Ocular :: Ocular (n.) The eyepiece of an optical instrument, as of a telescope or microscope..
Catoptron :: Catoptron (n.) A reflecting optical glass or instrument; a mirror.
Ocular :: Ocular (a.) Of or pertaining to the eye; optic.
Sciopticon :: Sciopticon (n.) A kind of magic lantern.
Inactose :: Inactose (n.) A variety of sugar, found in certain plants. It is optically inactive..
Optic :: Optic (a.) The organ of sight; an eye.
Oculary :: Oculary (a.) Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular; optic; as, oculary medicines..
Nates :: Nates (n. pl.) The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.
Abba :: Abba (n.) Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch..
Scioptic :: Scioptic (a.) Of or pertaining to an optical arrangement for forming images in a darkened room, usually called scioptic ball..
Flint Glass :: Flint glass () A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of dispersive power; -- so called, because formerly the silica was obtained from pulverized flints. Called also crystal glass. Cf. Glass..
Telescope :: Telescope (n.) An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies..
Mirage :: Mirage (n.) An optical effect, sometimes seen on the ocean, but more frequently in deserts, due to total reflection of light at the surface common to two strata of air differently heated. The reflected image is seen, commonly in an inverted position, while the real object may or may not be in sight. When the surface is horizontal, and below the eye, the appearance is that of a sheet of water in which the object is seen reflected; when the reflecting surface is above the eye, the image is seen pr
Synosteology :: Synoptist (n.) Any one of the authors of the three synoptic Gospels, which give a history of our Lord's life and ministry, in distinction from the writer of John's Gospel, which gives a fuller record of his teachings..
Perspicil :: Perspicil (n.) An optical glass; a telescope.
Heteroptics :: Heteroptics (n.) False optics.
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