His study of optics led him to the invention of the magnifying glass.
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Optics
//ˈɒptɪks//
Synonyms for "optics" (69 found)
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16 entriesform of
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3 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
61 translations across 47 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὀπτικά noun (physics of light and vision)
Arabic
1 entries- بَصَرِيَّات noun (physics of light and vision)
Armenian
1 entries- օպտիկա noun (physics of light and vision)
Bulgarian
2 entries- оптика noun (physics of light and vision)
- оптика noun (the light-related aspects of a device)
Catalan
1 entries- òptica noun (physics of light and vision)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 光學 /光学 noun (physics of light and vision)
Czech
1 entries- optika noun (physics of light and vision)
Dutch
2 entries- optica noun (physics of light and vision)
- optiek noun (physics of light and vision)
Farefare
1 entries- peelkarẽŋrɛ noun (physics of light and vision)
Finnish
2 entries- optiikka noun (physics of light and vision)
- valo-oppi noun (physics of light and vision)
German
1 entries- Optik noun (physics of light and vision)
Greek
1 entries- οπτική noun (physics of light and vision)
Gujarati
1 entries- પ્રકાશવિજ્ઞાન noun (physics of light and vision)
Hebrew
3 entries- אופטיקה noun (physics of light and vision)
- אופטיקה noun (the light-related aspects of a device)
- תורת האור noun (physics of light and vision)
Hindi
1 entries- प्रकाशिकी noun (physics of light and vision)
Hungarian
2 entries- fénytan noun (physics of light and vision)
- optika noun (physics of light and vision)
Icelandic
2 entries- ljósfræði noun (physics of light and vision)
- sjónfræði noun (physics of light and vision)
Indonesian
1 entries- optika noun (physics of light and vision)
Irish
2 entries- optaic noun (physics of light and vision)
- radharceolaíocht noun (physics of light and vision)
Italian
1 entries- ottica noun (physics of light and vision)
Japanese
1 entries- 光学 noun (physics of light and vision)
Kannada
1 entries- ದೃಗ್ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ noun (physics of light and vision)
Korean
1 entries- 광학 noun (physics of light and vision)
Macedonian
1 entries- оптика noun (physics of light and vision)
Malay
1 entries- optik noun (physics of light and vision)
Malayalam
1 entries- പ്രകാശശാസ്ത്രം noun (physics of light and vision)
Marathi
2 entries- प्रकाशशास्त्र noun (physics of light and vision)
- प्रकाशिकी noun (physics of light and vision)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- optikk noun (physics of light and vision)
- optikk noun (the light-related aspects of a device)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- optikk noun (physics of light and vision)
- optikk noun (the light-related aspects of a device)
Persian
1 entries- نورشناسی noun (physics of light and vision)
Polish
1 entries- optyka noun (physics of light and vision)
Portuguese
1 entries- óptica noun (physics of light and vision)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਚਾਨਣ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ noun (physics of light and vision)
- ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ noun (physics of light and vision)
Russian
2 entries- о́птика noun (physics of light and vision)
- о́птика noun (the light-related aspects of a device)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- optika noun (physics of light and vision)
Slovene
1 entries- optika noun (physics of light and vision)
Somali
1 entries- araga noun (physics of light and vision)
Spanish
1 entries- óptica noun (physics of light and vision)
Swedish
1 entries- optik noun (physics of light and vision)
Tagalog
2 entries- dalubsugaan noun (physics of light and vision)
- sugaan noun (physics of light and vision)
Telugu
1 entries- కాంతిశాస్త్రము noun (physics of light and vision)
Thai
1 entries- ทรรศนศาสตร์ noun (physics of light and vision)
Ukrainian
1 entries- о́птика noun (physics of light and vision)
Vietnamese
1 entries- quang học noun (physics of light and vision)
Võro
1 entries- valgusõoppus noun (physics of light and vision)
Welsh
1 entries- opteg noun (physics of light and vision)
Wolof
1 entries- ngiste noun (physics of light and vision)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
It is perhaps interesting to note in this connection that Fermat's Principle was found objectionable by a contemporary optics expert because it seemed to impute knowledge to the working of Nature.
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Music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light.
Source: tatoeba (3561648)
Damiano began lecturing on the subject of optics.
Source: tatoeba (11690207)
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