optical meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

optical

adj

UK /ˈɒptɪkəl/ · US /ˈɑptɪkəl/

Etymology From optic + -al.

Of or relating to sight; visual.

Designed to assist or enhance sight

Of or relating to optics.

Of or relating to visible light.

Incorporating light-sensitive devices.

Derived terms: 66 terms
autoptical, biooptical, bioptical, electrooptical, extraordinary optical transmission, fast blue optical transient, floptical, floptical disk, integrated optical circuit, magnetooptical, magnetoptical, monoptical, nonoptical, non-optical, optical activity, optical art, optical astronomy, optical axis, optical bank, optical black hole, optical character recognition, optical delusion, optical depth, optical disc, optical disc drive, optical disk, optical disk drive, optical double, optical drive, optical extent, optical fiber, optical fibre, optical flat, optical glass, optical illusion, optical infinity, optical isomer, optical isomerism, opticality, optical landing system, optical lattice, optical levitation, optically, opticalman, optical media, optical microscope, optical mouse, optical power, optical pulsar, optical rotation, optical rotatory dispersion, opticals, optical size, optical spectrum, optical switch, optical telescope, optical trackpad, optical trap, optical tweezer, optical tweezers, optical wand, optrode, piezooptical, quasioptical, Raman optical activity, suboptical

noun

Etymology From optic + -al.

Broadcasting, Film, Media, Television Any special effect requiring laboratory work on the film.

It is a glossy film with gross, opulent opticals and little comic, or any, relief; it has the jaundiced complexion of an early 60s underground film, which it is; it is ponderous, Wagnerian, and feels about five hours long (its running time is about an hour).1976 August 14, Gary Jane Hoisington, “Locker Room As The Site Of Religious Ecstasy”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 7, page 9:
If you plan to output back to film, opticals and effects can be shot on film or generated by computer and then transferred to film.2006, David K. Irving, Peter W. Rea, Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video, page 294: