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heteroptics

heteroptics noun: hallucination; the vision of something that is not real.

Noun

heteroptics (uncountable)

  1. hallucination; the vision of something that is not real.
    • But this irregularity in vision , together with such enormities , as tipping the wink , the circumspective roll , the sidepeep through a thin hood or fan , must be put in the class of Heteroptics.1711 December 27 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “SUNDAY, December 17, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 250; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a...

heteroptics meaning in Tamil

heteroptics in Tamil

பார்வை தவறல், பொய்ப் பார்வை

Origin of heteroptics

From hetero- + optics.

Questions about heteroptics

What does heteroptics mean?
Heteroptics means hallucination; the vision of something that is not real.
What is heteroptics in Tamil?
Heteroptics in Tamil is பார்வை தவறல், பொய்ப் பார்வை. See Heteroptics meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is heteroptics?
Heteroptics is a noun.

Words near heteroptics in the dictionary

  1. heteropteran
  2. heteropterans
  3. heteropterology
  4. heteropterous
  5. heteropters
  6. heteroptics
  7. heteropycnosis
  8. heteropycnotic
  9. heteropycnotics
  10. heteropygous
  11. heteropyknosis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heteroptics (page history and authors); heteroptics (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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