optical
11optical — adjective 1 used for seeing images and light: microscopes and other optical instruments 2 concerned with the way light is seen: an optical diagram 3 using light, especially for the purpose of sending or storing information for use in a computer… …
12optical — adjective a) Of, or relating to sight; visual Strabismus is an optical defect. b) Designed to assist or enhance sight A microscope is an optical instrument …
13optical — op·ti·cal äp ti kəl adj 1) of or relating to the science of optics 2 a) of or relating to vision: VISUAL b) using the properties of light to aid vision <an optical instrument> 3) of, relating to, or utilizing light <optical… …
14optical — op·ti·cal agg.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS abbigl. di un capo, il cui disegno è caratterizzato da linee e forme geometriche, spec. in bianco e nero, che creano effetti di illusione ottica; anche s.m.inv.: seguire la moda dell optical (accorc.… …
15optical — adj. Optical is used with these nouns: ↑device, ↑disk, ↑drive, ↑effect, ↑fibre, ↑illusion, ↑instrument, ↑lens, ↑microscope, ↑mouse, ↑sight, ↑system, ↑ …
16optical — op|ti|cal [ˈɔptıkəl US ˈa:p ] adj relating to machines or processes which are concerned with light, images, or the way we see things ▪ microscopes and other optical instruments >optically [ kli] adv …
17optical — op|ti|cal [ aptıkl ] adjective * connected with sight or light: optical equipment ╾ op|ti|cal|ly [ aptıkli ] adverb …
18optical — [16] Greek optós meant ‘visible’ (it was presumably related to ophthalmós ‘eye’, source of English ophthalmic [17], and belonged to the general Indo European family of ‘eye’/‘see’ words – including English eye itself – that goes back to the base… …
19optical */ — UK [ˈɒptɪk(ə)l] / US [ˈɑptɪk(ə)l] adjective biology connected with sight or light optical equipment Derived word: optically UK [ˈɒptɪklɪ] / US [ˈɑptɪklɪ] adverb …
20optical — /ˈɒptɪkəl/ (say optikuhl) adjective 1. relating to sight; visual: an optical illusion. 2. relating to optics. 3. dealing with or skilled in optics. 4. acting by means of sight or light, as instruments. 5. constructed to assist the sight, as… …
