Meanings
- not comparableregarding or using optics
The picture is seen optically through the lens, as in many photo cameras.
1984 May 6, Hans Fantel, “These Cameras Have Shrunk but Their Capabilities Have Grown”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 20151 more example
The microscopically small crystals often obtained by very rapid cooling of the hot solution, appeared to be no crystals of the optically active form either; they were rhombic individuals exhibiting prismatic, domatic and basal facets, of a new hydrate of the racemic compound, probably at higher temperatures stable, and containing less water of crystallization.
2015, Istvan Hargittai, Balazs Hargittai, Science of Crystal Structures: Highlights in Crystallography, →ISBN, page 183
Origin
- Englishoptic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishoptical
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishoptically
Translations
Dutch optisch
- optischregarding or using optics
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Cite this entry
optically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optically
“optically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optically. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “optically,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optically.
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