The company faced a major interruption in business when a fire destroyed their archive of computer hard drives and optical discs.
Source: tatoeba (23854)
Optical
//ˈɒptɪkəl//
Synonyms for "optical" (5 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Strong matches (2)
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (2)
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1 entriesderived
65 entriesShowing 16 of 65 words.
derived from
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- видим adj (relating to visible light)
- оптичен adj (designed to assist or enhance sight)
Catalan
3 entries- òptic adj (designed to assist or enhance sight)
- òptic adj (relating to visible light)
- òptic adj (incorporating light-sensitive devices)
Czech
4 entries- optický adj (designed to assist or enhance sight)
- optický adj (relating to visible light)
- optický adj (incorporating light-sensitive devices)
- zrakový adj (designed to assist or enhance sight)
Danish
3 entries- optisk adj (designed to assist or enhance sight)
- optisk adj (relating to visible light)
- optisk adj (incorporating light-sensitive devices)
Finnish
3 entries- optinen adj (designed to assist or enhance sight)
- optinen adj (relating to visible light)
- optinen adj (incorporating light-sensitive devices)
French
3 entries- optique adj (designed to assist or enhance sight)
- optique adj (relating to visible light)
- optique adj (incorporating light-sensitive devices)
Greek
1 entries- οπτικός adj (relating to visible light)
Hebrew
3 entries- אופטי adj (designed to assist or enhance sight)
- אופטי adj (relating to visible light)
- אופטי adj (incorporating light-sensitive devices)
Hindi
1 entries- प्रकाशीय adj (relating to visible light)
Kazakh
2 entries- оптикалық adj (designed to assist or enhance sight)
- оптикалық adj (relating to visible light)
Russian
3 entries- опти́ческий adj (designed to assist or enhance sight)
- опти́ческий adj (relating to visible light)
- опти́ческий adj (incorporating light-sensitive devices)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
This looks longer than that, but it is an optical illusion.
Source: tatoeba (55959)
Lenses with two distinct optical powers are also called "bifocals".
Source: tatoeba (453139)
Optical radar uses light, unlike normal radar, which uses radio waves.
Source: tatoeba (918987)
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