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• Optics — For the book by Sir Isaac Newton, see Opticks. Optical redirects here. For the musical artist, see Optical (artist). Optics includes study of dispersion of light. Optics is the branch of …   Wikipedia

• Light — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Light >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 light light ray beam stream gleam streak pencil Sgm: N 1 sunbeam sunbeam moonbeam Sgm: N 1 aurora aurora GRP: N 2 …   English dictionary for students

• light pipe — noun : an optical fiber or a solid transparent plastic rod used for transmitting light * * * Optics. an elongated transparent medium, such as an optical fiber, for transmitting light. [1945 50] …   Useful english dictionary

• Optics Software for Layout and Optimization — (OSLO) is an optical design program originally developed at the University of Rochester in the 1970s. The first commercial version was produced in 1976 by Sinclair Optics. Since then, OSLO has been rewritten several times as computer technology… …   Wikipedia

• Optics and Photonics News — (OPN) is the monthly membership magazine of the Optical Society of America. It provides in depth coverage of recent developments in optics a branch of physics devoted to the study of light and vision. The magazine offers busy professionals the… …   Wikipedia

• optics — UK US /ˈɒptɪks/ noun [U] COMMUNICATIONS, IT ► the study of light or the use of light in technical instruments: »The phone uses advanced optics to provide a sharp display …   Financial and business terms

• Optics — Op tics, n. [Cf. F. optique, L. optice, Gr. ? (sc. ?). See {Optic}.] That branch of physical science which treats of the nature and properties of light, the laws of its modification by opaque and transparent bodies, and the phenomena of vision.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• optics — (n.) science of sight and light, 1570s, from OPTIC (Cf. optic); also see ICS (Cf. ics) …   Etymology dictionary

• optics — ► PLURAL NOUN (usu. treated as sing. ) ▪ the branch of science concerned with vision and the behaviour of light …   English terms dictionary

• optics — [äp′tiks] n. [< OPTIC] the branch of physics dealing with the nature and properties of light and vision …   English World dictionary

• light pipe — Optics. an elongated transparent medium, such as an optical fiber, for transmitting light. [1945 50] * * * …   Universalium