Occupation or Discipline
optics
op·tics [ op-tiks ]
Definitions related to optics:
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Science that deals with the genesis and propagation of light, the changes that it undergoes and produces, and other phenomena closely associated with it.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The branch of physics that describes the behavior and properties of light and the interaction of light with matter.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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