Definition of optic
: of or relating to vision or the eye
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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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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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According to the suit, CenturyLink salespeople showed up at Gonsior's door on March 5, 2016, and told her its new fiber-optic network, which offers speedy internet access and a new cable TV service, had become available in her neighborhood.
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Her optic-white stilettos were a ladylike counterpoint to her husband's optic white kicks.
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Verizon would build a fiber-optic backbone capable of supporting bandwidth-hungry new technologies.
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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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But Sessions’s feelings aside, the optics of Trump’s tirades against the attorney general are terrible.
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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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The air of uncertainty about the meeting is only heightened by the president's tendency for unpredictable utterances and awkward optics.
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With the finish line in sight, Christie and his aides did little to acknowledge the optics of himself and his family enjoying a beach that New Jersey residents were prohibited from accessing because of government gridlock.
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Swinton, reunited here with her Snowpiercer director, embodies the theme by playing Lucy, a batty corporate narcissist who takes pride in her gleaming PR optics above all else.
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Mr. Cosby should understand, however, that this is not about optics.
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First Known Use of optic
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: of or relating to seeing or the eye the optic nerve
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