English dictionary

optics

/'/A/pt/I/ks/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light

noun.cognition

Source: WordNet 3.0
optical properties

noun.attribute

Examples
The optics of a telescope.

Source: WordNet 3.0
That branch of physical science which treats of the nature and properties of light, the laws of its modification by opaque and transparent bodies, and the phenomena of vision.

noun

Source: webster1913