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optical

  • adjective
  • /ˈɒptɪkəl/

Of or relating to sight; visual.

Example

“Strabismus is an optical defect.”

Other meanings

  1. Designed to assist or enhance sight

    “A microscope is an optical instrument.”

  2. Of or relating to optics.

    “Refraction is an optical effect.”

Related words

  • piezooptical
  • autoptical
  • biooptical
  • bioptical
  • monoptical
  • opticalman
  • optrode
  • electrooptical
  • optical depth
  • optical levitation
  • optical tweezer
  • floptical

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This definition is adapted from “optical” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.