Usually means: Study of light properties, behavior.
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We found 43 dictionaries that define the word optics:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. optics: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. optics: Merriam-Webster
  3. optics: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. optics: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. optics: Collins English Dictionary
  6. optics: Vocabulary.com
  7. Optic's, Optics, optics: Wordnik
  8. optics: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. optics: Wiktionary
  10. optics: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. optics: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. optics: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. optics: Dictionary.com
  14. optics: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. OPTICS, Optics (Al-Kindi), Optics (Ptolemy), Optics: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Optics: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. optics: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. optics: Rhymezone
  19. Optics: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. optics: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. optics: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. optics: FreeDictionary.org
  23. optics: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  24. optics: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. optics: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. optics: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BuzzWhack (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. optics: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. optics: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. optics: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. OPTICS: Acronym Finder

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Optics: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  2. Optics: Extragalactic Astronomy

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. optics: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. optics: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Explosives (No longer online)
  4. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)

(Note: See optic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (physics) The physics of light and vision: basic optical science.
noun:  Technology that makes use of such physics: applied optical science; business lines making use of such technology.
noun:  The light-related aspects of a device.
noun:  (figuratively) Perception, image, public relations, especially in politics.

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