Associations to the word «Optics»

Wiktionary

OPTICS, noun. (physics) The physics of light and vision.
OPTICS, noun. The light-related aspects of a device.
OPTICS, noun. (figuratively) Perception, image, public relations.
OPTICS, noun. Plural of optic

Dictionary definition

OPTICS, noun. The branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light.
OPTICS, noun. Optical properties; "the optics of a telescope".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats