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optics
[op-tiks]
noun
(used with a singular verb)the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
(used with a plural verb)the way a situation, action, event, etc., is perceived by the public or by a particular group of people.
The optics on this issue are pretty good for the Democrats.
Administrators worry about the bad optics of hiring new staff during a budget crisis.
optics
/ ˈɒɪ /
noun
(functioning as singular) the branch of science concerned with vision and the generation, nature, propagation, and behaviour of electromagnetic light
optics
The scientific study of light and vision. The study of optics led to the development of more general theories of electromagnetic radiation and theories of color.
optics
The branch of physics dealing with light. (See electromagnetic waves, laser, lens, reflection, and refraction.)
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Example Sentences
And so, as protesters began to gather, more and more officials joined the chorus urging people on the street to keep the political optics in mind.
While some notable players such as Christian Pulisic will not take part in the final World Cup tuneup for legitimate reasons, the optics are bad.
Yet even if reason and rules are strongly on Pulisic’s side, the optics are bad.
He added: “You have to go back, though, in fairness, to the injury data on the play. But I just think the optics of it, I’m not in love with.”
Cruz said it would cost $6 million to transfer all the wiring and fiber optics built into the current platforms that were specially built for the cameras.
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