Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- As regards sight or the laws of sight; in accordance with or with reference to the science of optics or the use of optical instruments; by optical means.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb By optics or sight.
- adverb With reference to optics.
- adverb (Chem. Physics) terms used of certain isomeric substances which, while identical with each other in other respects, differ in this, viz., that they do or do not produce right-handed or left-handed circular polarization of light. See
optical activity . - adverb See under
Refraction .
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- adverb regarding or using
optics
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an optical manner
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Examples
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More than 40 series of optically-active complexes with octahedral symmetry were separated in optically-active forms, with the result that the spatial configuration of the complexes to the coordination number
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CDs function optically, that is, one must mold small ridges in the grooves on the CD surface to store binary data.
The Silliest Thing Yet, or Sheer Genius? - The Panda's Thumb 2007
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The discovery was dated back by using a method known as optically stimulated luminescence
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Simms and two former students traveled in 2007 to the Antarctic coast to test rocks using a dating technique called optically stimulated luminescence.
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The new findings relied on a technique called optically stimulated luminescence (OSL), which dates the last time the sand was exposed to sunlight.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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• Presents user guidelines on color measurement procedures and discusses measurement issues for media such as optically-brightened papers and inkjet prints.
News 2010
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He admits that a move (that is on the cards) into an office in Croke Park may "optically" compromise their independence from the GAA.
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Some voting districts use only one type of voting system, such as optically scanned paper ballots or touch screens with or without paper receipts, while many others use combinations of systems.
NYT > Technology 2008
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Some voting districts use only one type of voting system, such as optically scanned paper ballots or touch screens with or without paper receipts, while many others use combinations of systems.
NYT > Technology 2008
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Concerning the VX-II and VX-III lines; the older ones are optically and mechanically the same except the VX-III lenses are fully multi-coated and the VX-II exterior lenses are multicoated, but not all internal lens surfaces are coated, but not multicoated as I recall.
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