"optical" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɒptɪkəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɑptɪkəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-optical.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more optical [comparative], most optical [superlative]
Etymology: optic + -al Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|optic|al}} optic + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} optical (comparative more optical, superlative most optical)
  1. Of, or relating to sight; visual. Categories (topical): Vision
    Sense id: en-optical-en-adj-BJGJNiNL Disambiguation of Vision: 35 18 3 16 15 13
  2. Designed to assist or enhance sight Translations (designed to assist or enhance sight): оптичен (optičen) (Bulgarian), òptic (Catalan), optický (Czech), zrakový (Czech), optisk (Danish), optinen (Finnish), optique (French), אופטי (ópti) (Hebrew), оптикалық (optikalyq) (Kazakh), опти́ческий (optíčeskij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-optical-en-adj-dVHsRd1b Disambiguation of 'designed to assist or enhance sight': 3 94 0 1 1
  3. Of, or relating to optics.
    Sense id: en-optical-en-adj-jSlk5h0v
  4. Of, or relating to visible light. Translations (relating to visible light): видим (vidim) (Bulgarian), òptic (Catalan), optický (Czech), optisk (Danish), optinen (Finnish), optique (French), οπτικός (optikós) (Greek), אופטי (ópti) (Hebrew), оптикалық (optikalyq) (Kazakh), опти́ческий (optíčeskij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-optical-en-adj-67DVVylC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 2 41 20 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 2 2 47 11 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 1 4 1 43 15 35 Disambiguation of 'relating to visible light': 2 1 3 88 7
  5. Incorporating light-sensitive devices. Translations (incorporating light-sensitive devices): òptic (Catalan), optický (Czech), optisk (Danish), optinen (Finnish), optique (French), אופטי (ópti) (Hebrew), опти́ческий (optíčeskij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-optical-en-adj-rhmTouUr Disambiguation of 'incorporating light-sensitive devices': 0 1 1 8 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɒptɪkəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɑptɪkəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-optical.wav [Southern-England] Forms: opticals [plural]
Etymology: optic + -al Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|optic|al}} optic + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} optical (plural opticals)
  1. (film) Any special effect requiring laboratory work on the film. Categories (topical): Film
    Sense id: en-optical-en-noun-8hS5xNKD Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for optical meaning in All languages combined (11.2kB)

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