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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Optic

Optic (optic)
n.(?)
Op"tic
[From Optic, a.]
  1. The organ of sight; an eye.

    The difference is as great between
    The optics seeing, as the object seen.
    Pope.

  2. An eyeglass.
    [Obs.] Herbert.

Optic

Optic (optic)
a.(?)
Op"tic
[F. optique, Gr. (?); akin to (?) sight, (?) I have seen, (?) I shall see, and to (?) the two eyes, (?) face, L. oculus eye. See Ocular, Eye, and cf. Canopy, Ophthalmia.]
  1. Of or pertaining to vision or sight.

    The moon, whose orb
    Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views.
    Milton.

  2. 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.
  3. Relating to the science of optics; as, optical works.

    Optic angle (Opt.), the angle included between the optic axes of the two eyes when directed to the same point; -- sometimes called binocular parallax. -- Optic axis. (Opt.) (a) A line drawn through the center of the eye perpendicular to its anterior and posterior surfaces. In a normal eye it is in the direction of the optic axis that objects are most distinctly seen. (b) The line in a doubly refracting crystal, in the direction of which no double refraction occurs. A uniaxial crystal has one such line, a biaxial crystal has two. - - Optical circle (Opt.), a graduated circle used for the measurement of angles in optical experiments. -- Optical square, a surveyor's instrument with reflectors for laying off right angles.














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