optics
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light
Types & categories
- physics hypernym
- catoptrics hyponym
- holography hyponym
Related & opposite
- optical derivation
- meniscus has domain topic
- stigmatism has domain topic
- astigmatism has domain topic
- collimate has domain topic
- refract has domain topic
- reflect has domain topic
- resolve has domain topic
- aberrate has domain topic
- bifocal has domain topic
- aplanatic has domain topic
- apochromatic has domain topic
- aspheric has domain topic
Sense 2 noun
optical properties
the optics of a telescope
Types & categories
- property hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | optical |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | meniscus |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | stigmatism |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | astigmatism |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | collimate |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | refract |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | reflect |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | resolve |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | aberrate |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | bifocal |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | aplanatic |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | apochromatic |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | aspheric |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | physics |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | catoptrics |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | holography |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | property |