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optical

[op-ti-kuhl]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or applying optics optics or the principles of optics.

  2. constructed to assist sight or to correct defects in vision.

  3. of or relating to sight or vision; visual.

  4. of or relating to the eye.

  5. of or relating to an optician or opticians or to their products, especially eyeglasses.

    an optical service.

  6. dealing with or skilled in optics.



noun

  1. opticals. optical effects.

optical

/ ˈɒɪə /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, producing, or involving light

  2. of or relating to the eye or to the sense of sight; optic

  3. (esp of a lens) aiding vision or correcting a visual disorder

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

optical

  1. Relating to vision or the eyes.

  2. Relating to optics.

  3. Relating to or using visible light.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • optically adverb
  • nonoptical adjective
  • nonoptically adverb
  • suboptical adjective
  • suboptically adverb
  • ˈDZپ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of optical1

First recorded in 1560–70; optic + -al 1
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Newly released optical satellite imagery from Maxar shows the clearest picture yet of what happened at key Iranian nuclear sites at Natanz and Isfahan.

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According to the research paper, the participants looked into a device called Oz which consists of mirrors, lasers and optical devices.

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The optical mouse controls pop up elsewhere too, with PC strategy game Civilization VII a game that massively benefits.

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An optical camera under the helicopter would identify the craft, and choose a new position to drop the buoy.

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It consists of 5,000 optical fibres, each one of which is a robotically controlled telescope scanning galaxies at high speed.

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