Definitions for optical bench

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

op′tical bench′(n.)

  1. an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies.

    Category: Optics

Origin of optical bench:

1880–85

Princeton's WordNet

  1. optical bench(noun)

    apparatus for observation and measurement of optical phenomena


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