Definition of optic

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Optic (a.) Alt. of Optica.

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Subtile :: Subthalamic (a.) Situated under the optic thalamus.
Chromatrope :: Chromatrope (n.) A device in a magic lantern or stereopticon to produce kaleidoscopic effects.
Perspective :: Perspective (n.) Of or pertaining to the science of vision; optical.
Anisotropic :: Anisotropic (a.) Not isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic..
Optical :: Optical (a.) Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular; as, the optic nerves (the first pair of cranial nerves) which are distributed to the retina. See Illust. of Brain, and Eye..
Stop :: Stop (n.) The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
Bisectrix :: Bisectrix (n.) The line bisecting the angle between the optic axes of a biaxial crystal.
Ocular :: Ocular (n.) The eyepiece of an optical instrument, as of a telescope or microscope..
Ganoidei :: Ganoidei (n. pl.) One of the subclasses of fishes. They have an arterial cone and bulb, spiral intestinal valve, and the optic nerves united by a chiasma. Many of the species are covered with bony plates, or with ganoid scales; others have cycloid scales..
Perspectively :: Perspectively (adv.) Optically; as through a glass.
Telescope :: Telescope (n.) An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies..
Catoptron :: Catoptron (n.) A reflecting optical glass or instrument; a mirror.
#NAME? :: Subvaginal (a.) Situated under or inside a sheath or vaginal membrane; as, the subvaginal, or subdural, spaces about the optic nerve..
Power :: Power (n.) The degree to which a lens, mirror, or any optical instrument, magnifies; in the telescope, and usually in the microscope, the number of times it multiplies, or augments, the apparent diameter of an object; sometimes, in microscopes, the number of times it multiplies the apparent surface..
Chiasma :: Chiasma (n.) A commissure; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves..
Omphaloptic :: Omphaloptic (n.) An optical glass that is convex on both sides.
Coptic :: Coptic (n.) The language of the Copts.
Field :: Field (n.) The space covered by an optical instrument at one view.
Optic :: Optic (a.) The organ of sight; an eye.
Stereoscope :: Stereopticon (n.) An instrument, consisting essentially of a magic lantern in which photographic pictures are used, by which the image of a landscape, or any object, may be thrown upon a screen in such a manner as to seem to stand out in relief, so as to form a striking and accurate representation of the object itself; also, a pair of magic lanterns for producing the effect of dissolving views..
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