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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French optique or Medieval Latin opticus, from Ancient Greek ὀπτῐκός (optĭkós, “of or for sight”), from ὀπτός (optós, “visible”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).

derived from ὀπτῐκός
borrowed from opticus
borrowed from optique

Definitions

1
Of, or relating to the eye or to vision.
- The moon, whose orb / Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views.
Of, or relating to optics or optical instruments.
3
An eye.
- The difference is as great between / The optics seeing, as the object seen.
- how they, / Who saw those figures on the margin kiss all, / Could turn their optics to the text and pray, / Is more than I know[…]
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1. A lens or other part of an optical instrument that interacts with light.
2. 5
  A measuring device with a small window, attached to an upside-down bottle, used to…
  A measuring device with a small window, attached to an upside-down bottle, used to dispense alcoholic drinks in a bar.
  - They were neatly lined up on three shelves between the optics of martini, vodka, whisky and gin.
  - They pulled up two bar stools and looked around the room as the barman relieved the whisky optic of its contents.

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Derived

acoustooptic, acousto-optic effect, biooptic, electrooptic, entoptic, fiberoptic, fibre optic, fluoroptic, holoptic, hyperoptic, Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy, magnetooptic, monoptic, optical, optic axis, optic chiasm, optic chiasma, optic cup, optic disc, optic disk, optic foramen, opticist, optic nerve, optic neuritis, optico-, optic yellow, panoptic, paroptic, perioptic, piezooptic, plenoptic, postoptic, preoptic, stereoptic, suboptic, supraoptic, optic stand

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