optic
pronunciation
How to pronounce optic in British English:
UK [ˈɒptɪk]
How to pronounce optic in American English:
US [ˈɑːptɪk]
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- Noun:
- the organ of sight
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or resembling the eye
- relating to or using sight
Word Origin
- optic (adj.)
- early 15c., from Middle French optique, obtique (c. 1300) and directly from Medieval Latin opticus "of sight or seeing," from Greek optikos "of or having to do with sight," from optos "seen, visible," from op-, root of opsesthai "be going to see," related to ops "eye," from PIE *okw- "to see" (see eye (n.)).
Synonym
Example
- 1. Do you think the optic nerve is damaged ?
- 2. The belt-like device has an infrared optic sensor that can detect obstacles as distant as 3.7 meters , the engineers say .
- 3. Modulation gain control of high-precision digital closed-loop fiber optic gyroscopes .
- 4. Before plugging into the high-capacity subsea fiber optic network three years ago , most internet traffic in east africa moved through expensive satellite connections or painfully slow telephone lines .
- 5. It relies on an intact eyeball , an intact retina with functioning bipolar cells , and an optic nerve to convey the information to the brain .