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Recent Examples of optical
The film honors Mary Shelley’s conception of the Monster with an uncommon degree of sensitivity – and notably deploys an array of optical effects to stress the experience of Adam’s second-hand eyes taking in the world for the first time.
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Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
In this case, the optical flare of the TDE was spotted in 2024 by the Zwicky Transient Facility on the 48-inch Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory in California.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Industry-wide adoption necessitates new standards for optical interfaces, safety protocols, and performance metrics.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Oct. 2025
Seventy years ago – five years before the first optical laser was built – physicists Stanley Autler and Charles Townes discovered a strange phenomenon in microwaves known as Rabi cycling.
—Thomas Linker, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
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Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
In this case, the optical flare of the TDE was spotted in 2024 by the Zwicky Transient Facility on the 48-inch Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory in California.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Industry-wide adoption necessitates new standards for optical interfaces, safety protocols, and performance metrics.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Oct. 2025
Seventy years ago – five years before the first optical laser was built – physicists Stanley Autler and Charles Townes discovered a strange phenomenon in microwaves known as Rabi cycling.
—Thomas Linker, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
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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.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
9 Oct. 2025
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During the first court appearance for Edge, prosecutors said the weapon that was used was a .300 Blackout Sig Sauer rifle with an optic scope and a suppressor.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC news,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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By replicating the visual fidelity of reality, retina E-paper brings science closer to creating virtual worlds that the human eye cannot distinguish from the real one.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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These advancements open exciting new doors for rapid prototyping and visual storytelling, allowing artists and developers to ideate, visualize, and refine gameplay experiences at a faster pace and with greater scale.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Optical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/optical. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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