Anacamptics

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anacamptics \An`a*camp"tics\, n.
     1. The science of reflected light, now called {catoptrics}.
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     2. The science of reflected sounds.
        [1913 Webster] Anacanthini



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Catoptrics \Ca*top"trics\, n. [Cf. F. catoptrique. See
     {Catropric}.] (Physics)
     That part of optics which explains the properties and
     phenomena of reflected light, and particularly that which is
     reflected from mirrors or polished bodies; -- formerly called
     {anacamptics}.
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