Optics

3 definitions found

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

  Optics \Op"tics\, n. [Cf. F. optique, L. optice, Gr. ? (sc. ?).
     See {Optic}.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  optics
       n : the branch of physics that studies the physical properties
           of light

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  64 Moby Thesaurus words for "optics":
     Newtonian physics, acoustics, actinology, actinometry, aerophysics,
     applied physics, astrophysics, basic conductor physics, biophysics,
     catoptrics, chemical physics, cryogenics, crystallography,
     cytophysics, dioptrics, electron optics, electron physics,
     electronics, electrophysics, geometrical optics, geophysics,
     heliography, heliology, heliometry, infrared spectroscopy,
     macrophysics, mathematical physics, mechanics, medicophysics,
     microphysics, microscopics, microscopy, natural philosophy,
     natural science, nuclear physics, optical physics, optometry,
     philosophy, photics, photography, photology, photometry, physic,
     physical chemistry, physical optics, physical science,
     physicochemistry, physicomathematics, physics, psychophysics,
     radiation physics, radionics, solar physics, solid-state physics,
     spectrometry, spectrophotometry, spectroscopy, statics,
     stereophysics, stereoscopy, telescopy, theoretical physics,
     thermodynamics, zoophysics