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Meaning of CATOPTRICS

Pronunciation:  ku'tâptriks

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  branch of optics dealing with formation of images by mirrors
 
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 See Also: optics

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ca*top"trics\, n. [Cf. F. catoptrique. See
{Catropric}.] (Physics)
That part of optics which explains the properties and
phenomena of reflected light, and particularly that which is
reflected from mirrors or polished bodies; -- formerly called
{anacamptics}.
 

 

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