optic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈɒp.tɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɒp.tɪk/ (Canada)
- /ˈɑp.tɪk/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- [ˈɔ̟p.tək] (New-Zealand)
- /ˈɔp.tɪk/ (Australia)
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).
Meanings
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(not-comparable, relational) Of, or relating to the eye or to vision.
The moon, whose orb / Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views.
1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- (not-comparable, relational) Of, or relating to optics or optical instruments.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| optick | alternative | lexicographic | |
| optique | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
optic disk · acousto-optic effect · stereoptic · magnetooptic · biooptic · perioptic · entoptic · optic nerve · optic neuritis · optic chiasm · optical · holoptic · fiberoptic · optic chiasma · piezooptic · fluoroptic · electrooptic · monoptic · optico- · Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy · optic cup · optic yellow · opticist · optic axis · fibre optic · optic foramen · panoptic · postoptic · suboptic · paroptic · optic disc · plenoptic · supraoptic · acoustooptic · hyperoptic · preoptic
Translations (39)
ro optic (of or relating to the eye or to vision) · da optisk (of or relating to optics or optical instruments) · pt óptico (of or relating to the eye or to vision) · ru оптический (of or relating to optics or optical instruments) · pt ótico (of or relating to the eye or to vision) · ru оптический (of or relating to the eye or to vision) · de optisch (of or relating to optics or optical instruments) · hi प्रकाशीय (of or relating to optics or optical instruments) · pt óptico (of or relating to optics or optical instruments) · eo optika (of or relating to the eye or to vision) · de optisch (of or relating to the eye or to vision) · id optik (of or relating to optics or optical instruments) · cmn 視覺的 /视觉的 (of or relating to the eye or to vision) · bg оптичен (of or relating to optics or optical instruments) · ga optach (of or relating to the eye or to vision) · pt ótico (of or relating to optics or optical instruments) · ro optic (of or relating to optics or optical instruments) · id optis (of or relating to optics or optical instruments) · es óptico (of or relating to optics or optical instruments) · mr प्रकाशीय (of or relating to optics or optical instruments) · cmn 光學的 /光学的 (of or relating to optics or optical instruments) · cs optický (of or relating to optics or optical instruments) · gl óptico (of or relating to optics or optical instruments) · ca òptic (of or relating to the eye or to vision) · ga optaice (of or relating to optics or optical instruments) · eo optika (of or relating to optics or optical instruments) · id optik (of or relating to the eye or to vision) · bg зрителен (of or relating to the eye or to vision) · ca òptic (of or relating to optics or optical instruments) · grc ὀπτικός (of or relating to the eye or to vision) · id optis (of or relating to the eye or to vision) · ms optik (of or relating to optics or optical instruments) · da optisk (of or relating to the eye or to vision) · es óptico (of or relating to the eye or to vision) · bg очен (of or relating to the eye or to vision) · ms optik (of or relating to the eye or to vision) · gl óptico (of or relating to the eye or to vision) · mr प्रकाशिक (of or relating to optics or optical instruments) · mi ōmata (of or relating to the eye or to vision)