Optically

2 definitions found

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

  Optically \Op"tic*al*ly\, adv.
     1. By optics or sight.
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     2. With reference to optics.
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     {Optically active}, {Optically inactive} (Chem. Physics),
        terms used of certain isomeric substances which, while
        identical with each other in other respects, differ in
        this, viz., that they do or do not produce right-handed or
        left-handed circular polarization of light. See {optical
        activity}.
  
     {Optically positive}, {Optically negative}. See under
        {Refraction}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  optically
       adv : in an optical manner; "optically distorted"