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catoptrics

catoptrics noun: the branch of optics dealing with reflection.

Noun

catoptrics (uncountable)

  1. The branch of optics dealing with reflection.
    • 'tis ordinary to see strange uncouth sights by catoptrics; who knows not that if in a dark room the light be admitted at one only little hole, and a paper or glass put upon it, the sun shining will represent on the opposite wall all such objects as are illuminated by his rays?, I.iii.3

catoptrics meaning in Tamil

catoptrics in Tamil

நிழலுருவியல்

Questions about catoptrics

What does catoptrics mean?
Catoptrics means the branch of optics dealing with reflection.
What is catoptrics in Tamil?
Catoptrics in Tamil is நிழலுருவியல். See Catoptrics meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is catoptrics?
Catoptrics is a noun.

Words near catoptrics in the dictionary

  1. catopters
  2. catoptiomancy
  3. catoptric
  4. catoptrical
  5. catoptrically
  6. catoptrics
  7. catoptrid
  8. catoptrids
  9. catoptromancy
  10. catoptromantic
  11. catoptron

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