optical

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Yossi Vardi: This is one of the most popular viral advertisement of last year, known as the optical inch by Philips.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to sight; visual: an optical defect.
  2. adjective Designed to assist sight: optical instruments.
  3. adjective Of or relating to optics.
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  • Yossi Vardi: This is one of the most popular viral advertisement of last year, known as the optical inch by Philips. —  Yossi Vardi fights local warming
  • For one axis of the crystal was optical, another axis was a superconductor of electricity. —  August, 1947
  • In this letter, von Axthelm informs Kesselring that a varietv of active homing measures were being considered, including electrical, optical, and acoustic means. —  Flak - German Anti-aircraft Defenses 1914-1945
  • Currently optical is the best long-term storage format, but it degrades within —  DailyTech Main News Feed
  • The three O's, the first O represents optical and optical is a very simple word, really means NGN and fiber to the X-solutions.
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