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Recent Examples of optical
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this year, Chinese laser company Appotronics showed off its rival optical engines — including one for color display.
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Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
Corsair deploys its house-brand optical switches, called OPX Low-Profile, on the Vanguard.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 12 Apr. 2026
For the latest exercise, the teams used quadcopter drones with a suite of highly advanced optical, thermal, long-wave infrared, magnetometers, and computer vision algorithms to relay data to remote Army personnel.
—David Szondy
april 11, New Atlas, 11 Apr. 2026
Given that harvesting grapes is time-sensitive, researchers at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have invented a portable optical sensor that uses state-of-the-art machine learning to give winemakers instant information about the ripeness of their grapes, news agency SWNS reported.
—Maureen MacKey , Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026
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Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
Corsair deploys its house-brand optical switches, called OPX Low-Profile, on the Vanguard.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 12 Apr. 2026
For the latest exercise, the teams used quadcopter drones with a suite of highly advanced optical, thermal, long-wave infrared, magnetometers, and computer vision algorithms to relay data to remote Army personnel.
—David Szondy
april 11, New Atlas, 11 Apr. 2026
Given that harvesting grapes is time-sensitive, researchers at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have invented a portable optical sensor that uses state-of-the-art machine learning to give winemakers instant information about the ripeness of their grapes, news agency SWNS reported.
—Maureen MacKey , Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for optical
Adjective
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Even the attachments are more impressive, like the Fluffy optic cleaner head, which now has a brighter green light to illuminate invisible dust on hardwood floors.—
Cierra Cowan,
PC Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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Drones are using sonar, laser, optic and echo sound technology to look for debris on the ocean floor at depths of up to 6,000 metres.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
22 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Always do a quick visual sweep of your sink before flipping the switch.—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
12 Apr. 2026
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Shout out to the gross floating snot visual, too.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Optical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/optical. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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