optics
English Thesaurus
1. optical properties (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | property, |
| definition | : | a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class (noun.attribute) |
2. the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light (noun.cognition)
| hyponym | : | catoptrics, |
| definition | : | branch of optics dealing with formation of images by mirrors (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | holography, |
| definition | : | the branch of optics that deals with the use of coherent light from a laser in order to make a hologram that can then be used to create a three-dimensional image (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | meniscus, |
| definition | : | (optics) a lens that is concave on one side and convex on the other (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | stigmatism, |
| definition | : | (optics) condition of an optical system (as a lens) in which light rays from a single point converge in a single focal point (noun.state) |
| domain member category | : | astigmatism, astigmia, |
| definition | : | (optics) defect in an optical system in which light rays from a single point fail to converge in a single focal point (noun.state) |
| domain member category | : | collimate, |
| definition | : | adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument) (verb.change) |
| domain member category | : | refract, |
| definition | : | subject to refraction (verb.perception) |
| domain member category | : | reflect, |
| definition | : | show an image of (verb.perception) |
| domain member category | : | resolve, |
| definition | : | make clearly visible (verb.perception) |
| domain member category | : | aberrate, |
| definition | : | diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration (verb.stative) |
| domain member category | : | bifocal, |
| definition | : | having two foci (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | aplanatic, |
| definition | : | free from or corrected for spherical aberration (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | apochromatic, |
| definition | : | corrected for both chromatic and spherical aberration (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | aspheric, aspherical, |
| definition | : | varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | optical, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or involving light or optics (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | optical, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or involving light or optics (adj.pert) |
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