optical
Of or relating to sight; visual.
Adjective
- Of or relating to sight; visual.
- Strabismus is an optical defect.
- Designed to assist or enhance sight
- A microscope is an optical instrument.
- Of or relating to optics.
- Refraction is an optical effect.
- Of or relating to visible light.
- Optical telescopes don't work when it is cloudy.
- Incorporating light-sensitive devices.
- An optical switch opens the door automatically.
Origin
Etymology tree English optic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English optical From optic + -al.
Forms
Derived
autoptical biooptical bioptical electrooptical extraordinary optical transmission fast blue optical transient floptical floptical disk integrated optical circuit magnetooptical magnetoptical monoptical nonoptical non-optical optical activity optical art optical astronomy optical axis optical bank optical black hole optical character recognition optical delusion optical depth optical disc
Noun
- Any special effect requiring laboratory work on the film.
- It is a glossy film with gross, opulent opticals and little comic, or any, relief; it has the jaundiced complexion of an early 60s underground film, which it is; it is ponderous, Wagnerian, and feels about five hours...
- If you plan to output back to film, opticals and effects can be shot on film or generated by computer and then transferred to film. - 2006, David K. Irving, Peter W. Rea, Producing and Directing the Short Film and...