Definitions for optical

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optical op·ti·cal

Spelling: [op-ti-kuh l]

IPA: /ˈɒp tɪ kəl/

Optical is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 246 anagrams from letters in optical (acilopt).

Definitions for optical

noun

1. opticals, optical effects.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or applying optics or the principles of optics.
2. constructed to assist sight or to correct defects in vision.
3. of or relating to sight or vision; visual.
4. of or relating to the eye.
5. of or relating to an optician or opticians or to their products, especially eyeglasses:
6. dealing with or skilled in optics.

plural noun

1. special visual effects, as the wipe or dissolve, created in the camera or especially in a film laboratory by technicians using complex optical and electronic equipment.

Origin of optical

First recorded in 1560-70; optic + -al¹

Examples for optical

This drawing may seem pared-down, but its presence as an object is palpable – it is much more than an optical treat.

Within a few years of this painting, Vuillard gave up on most of the goals of optical realism.

"Your Lordship is deceived by an optical illusion," said the young captain.

Strauss-Kahn's sudden, astounding, and very definitive-seeming fall might make an optical illusion of his comeback rise.

So we are told that soldiers' visions are optical illusions.

All lenses project circles; most cameras cut a square or rectangular image out of the middle of the optical pie.

Well, I had seen his first film, “optical Illusions”, so I knew he was talented and had an original approach.

She was visited by no more ‘optical illusions’ or ‘cataleptic’ fits.

This causes a kind of optical illusion which is favorable to the flat-footed.

And yet we are asked to believe that all this is merely an optical illusion.