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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The science of light.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The doctrine or science of light, explaining its nature and phenomena; optics.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A branch of physics that deals with light or the study of light and its effects.
  • noun That science concerned with the production of light and energy, especially regarding therapeutic applications.

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