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1. ((used with a sing. v.)) catoptrics
the branch of optics dealing with the formation of images by mirrors.
Etymology: (1560–70; < Gk katoptrikós <kátoptr(on) mirror (kat-cat - +op- see (cf. diopter, optic ))
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1. (noun) catoptrics
branch of optics dealing with formation of images by mirrors
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1. (noun) catoptrics
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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