Optic
adjective
Related to our vision or eyes.
The doctor works in the optic department.
Often appears as...
- optic nerve
- optic system
noun
The eye or visible part of something.
The bird has a bright red optic.
Often appears as...
- bird's optic
- animal optic
noun
A lens or system of lenses in an optical instrument.
The telescope's optic helps us to see distant objects.
Often appears as...
- telescope optic
- microscope optic
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Technical
adjective
Connects to or uses light.
Optic fibers are used for transmitting light.
Often appears as...
- optic fiber
- optic cable
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Technical
adjective
Of or involving a way of looking at or thinking about something.
We need a new optic on this problem.
Often appears as...
- new optic
- different optic
adjective
Related to our vision or eyes.
The doctor works in the optic department.
Often appears as...
- optic nerve
- optic system
noun
The eye or visible part of something.
The bird has a bright red optic.
Often appears as...
- bird's optic
- animal optic
noun
A lens or system of lenses in an optical instrument.
The telescope's optic helps us to see distant objects.
Often appears as...
- telescope optic
- microscope optic
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Connects to or uses light.
Optic fibers are used for transmitting light.
Often appears as...
- optic fiber
- optic cable
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Technical
adjective
Of or involving a way of looking at or thinking about something.
We need a new optic on this problem.
Often appears as...
- new optic
- different optic
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Eye Health
Used in medical or health-related discussions, often referring to eye care.
She specializes in optic diseases.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Visionary
'Optic' deals with physical sight, not imaginative vision.
The lecture covered the optic functions, not future visions.
Pro Tip 1/2Eye Health
Used in medical or health-related discussions, often referring to eye care.
She specializes in optic diseases.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Visionary
'Optic' deals with physical sight, not imaginative vision.
The lecture covered the optic functions, not future visions.
Pro Tip 1/2Eye Health
Used in medical or health-related discussions, often referring to eye care.
She specializes in optic diseases.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Visionary
'Optic' deals with physical sight, not imaginative vision.
The lecture covered the optic functions, not future visions.
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Is there a reproducibilit...
But rather than celebrating a physics revolution, the researchers published a cautious paper arguing for continued research in an effort to explain the observed anomaly. In time, the error was tracked to a single incorrectly connected fiber optic cable. This example reminds us that real science is more than static textbooks.
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Watch the Total Solar...
filter on it there are many ways that you can look at the Sun during an eclipse so long as they have this ISO certified filter on it that really protects not just your eyes that's the most important point but also the optics of your technology the incredible thing is these filters are so dark that when
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How does your body know...
Traveling through the optic nerve to the SCN, it communicates what's happening in the outside world. The hypothalamus then halts the production of melatonin, a hormone that triggers sleep. At the same time, it increases the production of vasopressin and noradrenaline throughout the brain,
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How much of what you see...
with different areas processing information from each of our senses. But even in people with completely unimpaired senses, the brain constructs the world we perceive from incomplete information. For example, our eyes have blind spots where the optic nerve blocks part of the retina.
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Why do we see illusions?...
that it encounters in real life. So when does the brain encounter stimuli like this? Well, it seems a bit odd, but in fact, you've been encountering this stimulus all day long. Whenever you move, whenever you move forward, in particular. When you move forward, you get optic flow,
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The story behind your...
one of the world's greatest examples of learning to see something invisible by observing its effect on things that are visible. So fast forward a few hundred years, and here we stand. We've evolved from a single lens to optics that reveal the birth of a star in another galaxy,
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How optical illusions...
or with this paper or computer screen right up in your face. What optical illusions show us is the way your photo receptors and brain assemble visual information into the three-dimensional world you see around you, where edges should get extra attention
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Poetry makes people...
you in that potty mouth but there is a phenomenal poet and a dear mentor of mine and fellow potty-mouth by the name of Kristen O'Keefe optics and she has this beautiful poem about women writers that I think about all the time and the
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How Do Dragonflies See...
if I flip this book fast enough the images begin to animate and that's because the pages are moving so fast we hardly notice them turning it's essentially an optical illusion although her vision appears to be seamless our
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Can you really tell if a...
are too subtle to detect by our naked eye. So to help us reveal people's facial emotions, we have developed a new imaging technology we call "transdermal optical imaging."
Video examples
Is there a reproducibilit...
But rather than celebrating a physics revolution, the researchers published a cautious paper arguing for continued research in an effort to explain the observed anomaly. In time, the error was tracked to a single incorrectly connected fiber optic cable. This example reminds us that real science is more than static textbooks.
Video examples
Watch the Total Solar...
filter on it there are many ways that you can look at the Sun during an eclipse so long as they have this ISO certified filter on it that really protects not just your eyes that's the most important point but also the optics of your technology the incredible thing is these filters are so dark that when
Video examples
How does your body know...
Traveling through the optic nerve to the SCN, it communicates what's happening in the outside world. The hypothalamus then halts the production of melatonin, a hormone that triggers sleep. At the same time, it increases the production of vasopressin and noradrenaline throughout the brain,
Video examples
How much of what you see...
with different areas processing information from each of our senses. But even in people with completely unimpaired senses, the brain constructs the world we perceive from incomplete information. For example, our eyes have blind spots where the optic nerve blocks part of the retina.
Video examples
Why do we see illusions?...
that it encounters in real life. So when does the brain encounter stimuli like this? Well, it seems a bit odd, but in fact, you've been encountering this stimulus all day long. Whenever you move, whenever you move forward, in particular. When you move forward, you get optic flow,
Video examples
The story behind your...
one of the world's greatest examples of learning to see something invisible by observing its effect on things that are visible. So fast forward a few hundred years, and here we stand. We've evolved from a single lens to optics that reveal the birth of a star in another galaxy,
Video examples
How optical illusions...
or with this paper or computer screen right up in your face. What optical illusions show us is the way your photo receptors and brain assemble visual information into the three-dimensional world you see around you, where edges should get extra attention
Video examples
Poetry makes people...
you in that potty mouth but there is a phenomenal poet and a dear mentor of mine and fellow potty-mouth by the name of Kristen O'Keefe optics and she has this beautiful poem about women writers that I think about all the time and the
Video examples
How Do Dragonflies See...
if I flip this book fast enough the images begin to animate and that's because the pages are moving so fast we hardly notice them turning it's essentially an optical illusion although her vision appears to be seamless our
Video examples
Can you really tell if a...
are too subtle to detect by our naked eye. So to help us reveal people's facial emotions, we have developed a new imaging technology we call "transdermal optical imaging."
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Marcel Proust
French Author
Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have seen in himself.
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Robert Musil
Austrian Writer
What is the use of good painting? We want a spell cast upon the optical part of our existence! We seldom really see the world, but when we do, we become as still as a picture.
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Jefferson Han
American Scientist
In fiber optics, the cable is a light pipe or waveguide, into which you inject light. If a finger presses on the pipe, it disrupts that light within the waveguide.
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Reed Hastings
American Businessman
Fibre optic is becoming like electricity. If you look at how electricity spread around the globe 100 years ago, that's what's happening now.
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Frits Zernike
Dutch Physicist
Phase contrast was not discovered while working with a microscope, but in a different part of optics.
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Bridget Riley
British Artist
Focusing isn't just an optical activity, it is also a mental one.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.
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Paul Cezanne
French Artist
Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.
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Temple Grandin
American Educator
I was fascinated with optical illusions.
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Shane Douglas
American Wrestler
Optics can drive an economy.
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Marcel Proust
French Author
Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have seen in himself.
Quote examples
Robert Musil
Austrian Writer
What is the use of good painting? We want a spell cast upon the optical part of our existence! We seldom really see the world, but when we do, we become as still as a picture.
Quote examples
Jefferson Han
American Scientist
In fiber optics, the cable is a light pipe or waveguide, into which you inject light. If a finger presses on the pipe, it disrupts that light within the waveguide.
Quote examples
Reed Hastings
American Businessman
Fibre optic is becoming like electricity. If you look at how electricity spread around the globe 100 years ago, that's what's happening now.
Quote examples
Frits Zernike
Dutch Physicist
Phase contrast was not discovered while working with a microscope, but in a different part of optics.
Quote examples
Bridget Riley
British Artist
Focusing isn't just an optical activity, it is also a mental one.
Quote examples
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.
Quote examples
Paul Cezanne
French Artist
Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.
Quote examples
Temple Grandin
American Educator
I was fascinated with optical illusions.
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Shane Douglas
American Wrestler
Optics can drive an economy.
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