Definition of optic
:of or relating to vision or the eye
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Recent Examples of optic from the Web
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During heavy fighting in the mountains of Italy, a piece of shrapnel sliced the optic nerve of his right eye, which would later be replaced by a glass eye.
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The intense radiation emitted by the sun can damage the retina, located at the back of your eyes where images are translated to signals that are sent through the optic nerve to the brain.
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More than half is earmarked for power generation, but there is plenty left over for roads, seaports, airports, fibre-optic cables, cement factories, agro-industry and tourism.
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People with the autoimmune disorder experience inflammation of the optic nerve, temporary blindness and spinal cord inflammation that can cause pain and sensory loss.
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Quintillion is emerging as a new rival to GCI with its construction of a fiber-optic network through northern and Interior Alaska.
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Their research also helps explain earlier findings that even blind migraine sufferers can be bothered by light, as long as their vision is affected by damage to light receptors in the eyes and not to the optic nerve itself.
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On their new craft, every button, every rudder, every foil, every piece of rigging was wired with fiber-optic strings and sensors.
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The department will look to share an expansive fiber-optic network system that will be part of the One-IT collaborative effort within Kansas City departments.
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Origin and Etymology of optic
Middle English, from Medieval Latin opticus, from Greek optikos, from opsesthai to be going to see; akin to Greek opsis appearance, ōps eye — more at eye
Recent Examples of optic from the Web
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Thanks to fiber optic cables and sensors, highways around Columbus and across the northern part of the state already are testing grounds for self-driving or platooning vehicles.
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But Sessions’s feelings aside, the optics of Trump’s tirades against the attorney general are terrible.
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Yet, through it all, the Kushner-Trumps have a preternatural skill with optics.
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This new study supports that conclusion, Dr. Chiao said, by showing that the part of the giant squid’s optic lobe that processes visual information is indeed rich with neurons.
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First, Jeff Greer makes his argument (4:45) for why optics matter with Louisville and Romeo Langford.
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Her optic-crimson/orange hair, contrasting green eye makeup and knowing grins seemed to intentionally recall Ziggy-era Bowie.
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Trump has to know that the optics of an elongated meeting with the Russian president, while intelligence agencies and countless news outlets are investigating the Russia-Trump connection, looks bad.
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Whether that factored into the snub or not, the optics weren’t great.
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First Known Use of optic
1601
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OPTIC Defined for Kids
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adjective
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Definition of optic for Students
:of or relating to seeing or the eye
- the optic nerve
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of optic
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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