OPTICALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does optically mean? 

• OPTICALLY (adverb)
  The adverb OPTICALLY has 1 sense:

1. in an optical manner

  Familiarity information: OPTICALLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPTICALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an optical manner

Context example:

optically distorted

Pertainym:

optical (of or relating to or involving light or optics)

 Context examples 

A broad-spectrum, third-generation fluoroquinolone antibiotic and optically active L-isomer of ofloxacin with antibacterial activity.

(Levofloxacin, NCI Thesaurus)

A data storage disk where the data is stored in a format to be read optically by a laser and receiver.

(Optical Disk Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

An achiral member of a set of diastereoisomers that is not optically active while the other isomers within the set are optically active.

(Meso Compound, NCI Thesaurus)

The ability of an optically active substance to rotate the plane of polarized light counterclockwise (to the left).

(Levorotatory, NCI Thesaurus)

The ability of an optically active substance to rotate the plane of polarized light clockwise (to the right).

(Dextrorototary, NCI Thesaurus)

An electronic device designed to convert an electrical signal to an optical one or an optical signal to an electrical one, especially as part of a system to optically link circuits that are electrically isolated.

(Optocoupler Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)