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op·tic | \ ˈäp-tik 
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\Definition of optic
(Entry 1 of 2)
: of or relating to vision or the eye
optic
nounDefinition of optic (Entry 2 of 2)
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Synonyms & Antonyms for optic
Synonyms: Adjective
Antonyms: Adjective
- nonvisual
Examples of optic in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective Center the fiber-optic front barrel bead (or crosshair or dot of an optic) just above the major caruncles, those fleshy, gaudy, beautiful red bubbles on the base of a gobbler’s neck.
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Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, "25 Top Spring Turkey Hunting Tips," 20 Apr. 2020 The project will improve ADA accessibility, reconstruct traffic signals and install fiber-optic connections.
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Chevall Pryce, Houston Chronicle, "Road construction based on Clean Air Act occurring throughout northwest Houston," 13 Mar. 2020 Meanwhile, a clip also surfaced on Twitter showing a woman harassing telecoms engineers laying 5G fiber-optic cables.
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NBC News, "5G cell towers torched in U.K. amid bogus coronavirus theories," 6 Apr. 2020 It can be discreetly guided all the way from the submarine via a fiber-optic wire (allowing for communication between the weapon and sub), many miles of which are unwound from inside the torpedo while the rest is unwound from the submarine.
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Christina Mackenzie, Popular Science, "This new 1.2-ton torpedo can hit a target 31 miles away," 20 Mar. 2020 Optimized for turkey hunters, the .410s have extended removeable extra-full chokes and TruGlo dual-color fiber-optic sights fore and aft.
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Colin Moore, Outdoor Life, "15 Best Pieces of New Turkey Gear for 2020," 16 Mar. 2020 In 2017, a company called Made in Space built fiber-optic filaments in the microgravity environment of the ISS using a material better than that typically used on Earth—but that is difficult to work with under the influence of gravity.
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Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, "What ISS Taught Us In the Past 20 Years," 20 Nov. 2018 One major advantage to DAS is that fiber-optic cables can be many kilometers long, and a single one can act like a network of thousands of sensors covering every meter along its path.
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Shannon Hall, Scientific American, "Kilometers of “Dark Cable” Form the Newest Seismic Sensors," 20 Feb. 2020 Germany and Britain are America’s closest intelligence-sharing partners, and both nations sit atop critical points along fiber-optic cables that are key to intercepting communications from Russia to the Middle East.
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David Mccabe, New York Times, "Huawei Is Winning the Argument in Europe, as the U.S. Fumbles to Develop Alternatives," 17 Feb. 2020 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun In one of the closest matches, silo claimed a narrow victory over optics.
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Kate Cray, The Atlantic, "Something We Can All Agree On? Corporate Buzzwords Are the Worst.," 5 May 2020 Most of the webcams produced overly compressed imagery typical of their tiny sensors and optics.
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Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, "Dell XPS 13 9300 review: The bezel is finally dead," 27 Apr. 2020 Miller also addressed the optics on who is steering the Walt Disney Co. ship right now.
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Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, "Why Disney World May Face Tougher Recovery Than Disneyland," 24 Apr. 2020 On Monday, Amazon fired one worker who organized a walkout—a situation whose negative optics were compounded when unsavory remarks about the worker made by one executive came to light, per a memo leaked to Vice.
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Robert Hackett, Fortune, "From more jobs to Prime perks, Amazon’s list of coronavirus efforts is long—and growing," 3 Apr. 2020 Use a flat-shooting cartridge and good optics for these cross-river shots.
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Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, "Spring Bear Hunting Forecast for the U.S. and Canada," 2 Apr. 2020 Driven by political optics, public perception and international pressure, these measures are important but coloured with class bias.
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Anup Agarwal & Yogesh Jain, Quartz India, "India’s coronavirus response needs to address the question of social inequity," 29 Mar. 2020 Other researchers, meanwhile, set up traps, cameras, and night-vision optics to look for cats and mice, which were introduced by whalers or sealers long ago and are known to eat seabird eggs and chicks.
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Eli Kintisch, Science | AAAS, "Why did nearly a million king penguins vanish without a trace?," 19 Mar. 2020 But the optics should place the candidate at a spiritual distance from the capital: in a boyhood home in Kansas (Dwight Eisenhower), in a snowstorm in Minnesota (Amy Klobuchar), or in one’s own tower in New York City (Donald Trump).
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Fintan O’toole, The New York Review of Books, "An Outside Chance," 12 Mar. 2020
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More Definitions for optic
optic
adjectiveEnglish Language Learners Definition of optic
technical : of or relating to the eyes
See the full definition for optic in the English Language Learners Dictionary
optic
adjectiveop·tic | \ ˈäp-tik \
\Kids Definition of optic
: of or relating to seeing or the eye
the optic nerve
optic
adjectiveop·tic | \ ˈäp-tik \
\Medical Definition of optic
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a : of or relating to vision
optic phenomena
b : dependent chiefly on vision for orientation
humans are basically optic animals
2a : of or relating to the eye : ocular
b : affecting the eye or an optic structure
optic
nounMedical Definition of optic (Entry 2 of 2)
1 : any of the elements (as lenses, mirrors, or light guides) of an optical instrument or system
—usually used in plural
2 : an optical instrument
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