What does optic mean?
Definitions for optic
ˈɒp tɪkop·tic
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Princeton's WordNet
eye, oculus, opticadjective
the organ of sight
ocular, optic, optical, opthalmicadjective
of or relating to or resembling the eye
"ocular muscles"; "an ocular organ"; "ocular diseases"; "the optic (or optical) axis of the eye"; "an ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to light"
ocular, optic, optical, visualadjective
relating to or using sight
"ocular inspection"; "an optical illusion"; "visual powers"; "visual navigation"
Wiktionary
opticnoun
An eye.
opticnoun
A lens or other part of an optical instrument that interacts with light.
opticnoun
A measuring device with a small window, attached to an upside-down bottle, used to dispense alcoholic drinks in a bar.
opticadjective
Of, or relating to the eye or to vision.
opticadjective
Of, or relating to optics or optical instruments.
ChatGPT
optic
Optic refers to anything related to the eye or the sense of sight. It can also refer to devices or systems designed to utilize or manipulate light, such as an optical lens or fiber-optic cables.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Optic
-al, op′tik, -al, adj. relating to sight, or to optics.—n. Op′tic (Pope), an organ of sight: an eye.—adv. Op′tically.—ns. Optic′ian, one skilled in optics: one who makes or sells optical instruments; Op′tics (sing.), the science of the nature and laws of vision and light; Optim′eter, Optom′eter, an instrument for measuring the refractive powers of the eye; Optom′etry, the measurement of the visual powers.—Optic axis, the axis of the eye—that is, a line going through the middle of the pupil and the centre of the eye. [Fr. optique—Gr. optikos.]
Entomology
Optic
relating to the organs of vision.
Anagrams for optic »
picot
topic
cop it
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of optic in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of optic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of optic in a Sentence
Someone from Barack's administration might have said that the optics there were bad, that what the public saw didn't reflect the President's reality or ideals, but in this case, maybe it did, realizing it, I made my own optic adjustment. I stopped even trying to smile.
While we are visiting these homes, the same people that will shut the power off and take the old meter out ... can also put in fibre optic cables into the pipe going out to our cabin, what we are proposing is to give the opportunity to ... use our pipelines, do not destroy walls, do not break everything, just use that. This will reduce the cost of fibre cable laying by a factor of five.
My guns are all very recognizable, we do a lot of custom work, there was one Ak-47 copy built from a .22 I identified. Everything from the optic to the way the sling was placed was all very identifiable.
Because the lesion is at the portion of the optic nerve that is inside the eye.
Chief Executive Stella Handler:
We made significant progress in our fiber-optic trials, and are now prepared to connect thousands of households to this network.
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