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    Definition of optical in English Dictionary

  • AdjectiveCOMmore opticalSUPmost opticalSUF-al
    1. Of, or relating to sight; visual.
      1. Strabismus is an optical defect.
    2. Designed to assist or enhance sight.
      1. A microscope is an optical instrument.
    3. Of, or relating to optics.
      1. Refraction is an optical effect.
    4. Of, or relating to visible light.
      1. Optical telescopes don't work when it is cloudy.
    5. Incorporating light-sensitive devices.
      1. An optical switch opens the door automatically.
  • More Examples
    1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
      • It has two 32-bit microprocessors and four 8-bit subprocessors — not to mention 100 customized gears, 38 sensors, 14 motors and a camera-based optical system.
      • The same model applies to the copropagation of two optical waves in a colloidal medium.
      • The optical micrographs of the samples were taken by the model inverted phase contrast, μ-scope, Nikon-Eclipse, TE-2000 μ & Nikon Digital camera DXM 1200F.
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Adjectives
      • Morphemes
        • Suffixes
          • Words by suffix
            • Words suffixed with -al
      Related Links:
      1. en opticals
      2. en optically
      3. en opticality
      4. en optical art
      5. en optical axis
      Source: Wiktionary

      Meaning of optical for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "optical" is an adjective. It's also a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe.
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