Word Type

Noun

The word "optics" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Defined As

science of manipulating light

Derived Terms

acoustooptics adaptive optics biooptics conformal optics electrooptics fiber optics fiber-optics fibre optics fibre-optics folded optics heteroptics magnetooptics nanooptics neutron optics orthoptics spinoptics

Inflected/Variant Forms

optic

Context

physics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

natural philosophy physics property

Type Of (IsA)

branch of physics physics property

Related Terms

image light optic perception physics public relations vision

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