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Recent Examples of optical
The color palette was a mix of delicate tones with bold colors such as black and optical white, ranging from pastel pink and sky blue tones.
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Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
The specialized trap is equipped with infrared optical sensors that project an invisible infrared light beam – called a light curtain – across the entrance of a triangular tunnel.
—Atin Adhikari, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
There's a noticeable drop off in picture quality at the minimum f/16 aperture; optical diffraction softens the output, and the lens scores in the low register for the sensor, around 2,400 lines.
—PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
Bolstering our capabilities of traditional radio frequency communications with the power and benefits of optical communications will allow NASA to meet these new requirements.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2025
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Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
The specialized trap is equipped with infrared optical sensors that project an invisible infrared light beam – called a light curtain – across the entrance of a triangular tunnel.
—Atin Adhikari, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
There's a noticeable drop off in picture quality at the minimum f/16 aperture; optical diffraction softens the output, and the lens scores in the low register for the sensor, around 2,400 lines.
—PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
Bolstering our capabilities of traditional radio frequency communications with the power and benefits of optical communications will allow NASA to meet these new requirements.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for optical
Adjective
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The single-button power control is a favorite feature of our reviewer Williams, as well as the fluffy optic cleaner head that cleans and polishes her hard floors.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
25 Sep. 2025
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Scott Summers, the leader of the X-Men team from Marvel comics who's capable of firing optic blasts, in 2000's X-Men.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But Masumura’s manner is raw and harsh, a cinematic parallel to pulp fiction, with intense emotional and physical violence, candid and heated eroticism, hectic performances, and luridly skewed visual compositions.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
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The company has been systematically integrating AI into its entire content value chain, from script analysis and green-lighting decisions to postproduction and visual effects.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Optical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/optical. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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