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Definition of Optics

Optics
Optics Op"tics, n. [Cf. F. optique, L. optice, Gr. ? (sc. ?). See Optic.] That branch of physical science which treats of the nature and properties of light, the laws of its modification by opaque and transparent bodies, and the phenomena of vision.
Optic
Optic Op"tic, n. [From Optic, a.] 1. The organ of sight; an eye. The difference is as great between The optics seeing, as the object seen. --Pope. 2. An eyeglass. [Obs.] --Herbert.

Meaning of Optics from wikipedia

- Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behaviour and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments...
- Ordering points to identify the clustering structure (OPTICS) is an algorithm for finding density-based clusters in spatial data. It was presented by Mihael...
- Quantum optics is a branch of atomic, molecular, and optical physics dealing with how individual quanta of light, known as photons, interact with atoms...
- frequency. Sometimes the term chromatic dispersion is used to refer to optics specifically, as opposed to wave propagation in general. A medium having...
- concerned with the design and application of optical fibers is known as fiber optics. The term was coined by Indian-American physicist Narinder Singh Kapany...
- Adaptive optics (AO) is a technique of precisely deforming a mirror in order to compensate for light distortion. It is used in astronomical telescopes...
- The Book of Optics (Arabic: كتاب المناظر, romanized: Kitāb al-Manāẓir; Latin: De Aspectibus or Perspectiva; Italian: Deli Aspecti) is a seven-volume treatise...
- Electro–optics is a branch of electrical engineering, electronic engineering, materials science, and material physics involving components, electronic...
- Nonlinear optics (NLO) is the branch of optics that describes the behaviour of light in nonlinear media, that is, media in which the polarization density...
- In physics, physical optics, or wave optics, is the branch of optics that studies interference, diffraction, polarization, and other phenomena for which...