"optics" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɒptɪks/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɑptɪks/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-optics.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin opticus (“optic, optical”), from Ancient Greek ὀπτικός (optikós), equivalent to optic + -ics. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃ekʷ-}}, {{der|en|ML.|opticus||optic, optical}} Medieval Latin opticus (“optic, optical”), {{der|en|grc|ὀπτικός}} Ancient Greek ὀπτικός (optikós), {{suf|en|optic|ics}} optic + -ics Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} optics (uncountable)
  1. (physics) The physics of light and vision. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Translations (physics of light and vision): ὀπτικά (optiká) [neuter, plural] (Ancient Greek), بَصَرِيَّات (baṣariyyāt) [feminine, plural] (Arabic), оптика (optika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), òptica [feminine] (Catalan), 光學 (Chinese Mandarin), 光学 (guāngxué) (Chinese Mandarin), optika [feminine] (Czech), peelkarẽŋrɛ (Farefare), optiikka (Finnish), valo-oppi (Finnish), Optik [feminine] (German), પ્રકાશવિજ્ઞાન (prakāśvijñān) (Gujarati), אופטיקה (óptika) [feminine] (Hebrew), תורת האור (torat ha-ór) [feminine] (Hebrew), प्रकाशिकी (prakāśikī) (Hindi), optika (Hungarian), fénytan (Hungarian), ljósfræði [feminine] (Icelandic), sjónfræði [feminine] (Icelandic), optika (Indonesian), optaic [feminine] (Irish), radharceolaíocht [feminine] (Irish), ottica [feminine] (Italian), 光学 (kōgaku) (alt: こうがく) (Japanese), ದೃಗ್ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ (dṛgvijñāna) (Kannada), 광학 (gwanghak) (alt: 光學) (Korean), оптика (optika) [feminine] (Macedonian), optik (Malay), പ്രകാശശാസ്ത്രം (prakāśaśāstraṁ) (Malayalam), प्रकाशशास्त्र (prakāśśāstra) (Marathi), optikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), optikk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), نورشناسی (nur-šenâsi) (Persian), optyka [feminine] (Polish), óptica [feminine] (Portuguese), ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ (prkāś vigiāna) (Punjabi), ਚਾਨਣ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ (cānaṇ vigiāna) (Punjabi), о́птика (óptika) [feminine] (Russian), optika [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), optika [feminine] (Slovene), araga (Somali), óptica [feminine] (Spanish), optik [common-gender] (Swedish), dalubsugaan (Tagalog), sugaan (Tagalog), కాంతిశాస్త్రము (kāntiśāstramu) (Telugu), ทรรศนศาสตร์ (táts-ná-sàat) (Thai), о́птика (óptyka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), quang học (alt: 光學) (Vietnamese), valgusõoppus (Voro), opteg [feminine] (Welsh), ngiste (Wolof)
    Sense id: en-optics-en-noun-rR2lvoOg Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'physics of light and vision': 92 1 7
  2. The light-related aspects of a device. Tags: uncountable Translations (the light-related aspects of a device): оптика (optika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), אופטיקה (óptika) [feminine] (Hebrew), optikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), optikk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), о́птика (óptika) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-optics-en-noun-vuNc5Um0 Disambiguation of 'the light-related aspects of a device': 1 97 2
  3. (figuratively) Perception, image, public relations, especially in politics. Tags: figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-optics-en-noun-~jwz-TKl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ics Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 26 43 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ics: 17 20 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: opticks [obsolete] Derived forms: acoustooptics, adaptive optics, conformal optics, electrooptics, fiber optics, fiber-optics, fibre optics, fibre-optics, folded optics, neutron optics
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈɒptɪks/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɑptɪks/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-optics.wav [Southern-England]
Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} optics
  1. plural of optic Tags: form-of, plural Form of: optic
    Sense id: en-optics-en-noun--x24Q5rU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "óptika",
      "sense": "the light-related aspects of a device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "о́птика"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "English terms with audio links"
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        }
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        "plural of optic"
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      "ipa": "/ˈɑptɪks/",
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      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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}

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