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optical
has definitions from the fields of optics,ophthalmology
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[ adjective ] (optics) of or relating to or involving light or optics
Examples "optical supplies Used in print (Cornell H. Mayer, "Radio Emission of the Moon...)Observations have also been made at 1.5 mm using optical techniques ( Sinton , 1955 , 1956 , ; see_also chap. 11 ) . (Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)The concept of the strain energy as a Gibbs function difference * * f and exerting a force normal to the shearing face is compatible with the information obtained from optical birefringence studies of fluids undergoing shear . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] relating to or using sight
Examples "ocular inspection" "an optical illusion" "visual powers" "visual navigation" Used in print (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)Flatness may now monopolize everything , but it is a flatness become so ambiguous and expanded as to turn_into illusion itself - at_least an optical if_not , properly_speaking , a pictorial illusion . |
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[ adjective ] (ophthalmology) 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" |
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