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CATOPTRICS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does catoptrics mean?
• CATOPTRICS (noun)
The noun CATOPTRICS has 1 sense:
1. branch of optics dealing with formation of images by mirrors
Familiarity information: CATOPTRICS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Branch of optics dealing with formation of images by mirrors
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("catoptrics" is a kind of...):
optics (the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light)
Derivation:
catoptric; catoptrical (of or relating to catoptrics; produced by or based on mirrors)
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