OPTICS


Meaning of OPTICS in English

/op"tiks/ , n. ( used with a sing. v. )

the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.

[ 1605-15; optica optiká, n. use of neut. pl. of OPTIKÓS; see OPTIC, -ICS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .