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optic
English
Alternative forms
- optick, optique (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French optique or Medieval Latin opticus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (optikós, “of or for sight”), from ????? (optós, “visible”) +? -???? (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??p.t?k/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??p.t?k/
- Rhymes: -?pt?k
Adjective
optic (not comparable)
- (relational) Of, or relating to the eye or to vision.
- (optics, relational) Of, or relating to optics or optical instruments.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
optic (plural optics)
- (archaic, humorous) An eye.
- (optics) A lens or other part of an optical instrument that interacts with light.
- (trademark in Britain) A measuring device with a small window, attached to an upside-down bottle, used to dispense alcoholic drinks in a bar.
Translations
References
- “optic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “optic”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
Further reading
- optic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- optic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- optic at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- -topic, cop it, picot, topic
Romanian
Etymology
From French optique
Adjective
optic m or n (feminine singular optic?, masculine plural optici, feminine and neuter plural optice)
- optic
Declension
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octic
English
Etymology
From Latin octo (“eight”) +? -ic.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??kt?k/
Adjective
octic (not comparable)
- (mathematics) Of the eighth degree or order.
- 1999, William Dunham, Euler: The Master of Us All, Mathematical Association of America 1999, p. 116:
- Unfortunately, an analogous attack on the octic polynomial becomes exceedingly complicated.
- 1999, William Dunham, Euler: The Master of Us All, Mathematical Association of America 1999, p. 116:
Synonyms
- octavic
Noun
octic (plural octics)
- (mathematics) A quantic of the eighth degree.
Anagrams
- Tocci
octic From the web:
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- what otic means
- what is an otic
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