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non-optical

non-optical adjective: that does not involve vision.

Adjective

non-optical (not comparable)

  1. That does not involve vision
    • Schapiro elucidates the notion of a "long concentrated vision" by reference to a nonoptical experience....1999, Jonathan Crary, Suspensions of Perception, MIT Press, →ISBN
  2. That does not use optics

Forms of non-optical

alternative formnonoptical

Origin of non-optical

From non- + optical.

Questions about non-optical

What does non-optical mean?
Non-optical means that does not involve vision.
What part of speech is non-optical?
Non-optical is an adjective.

Words near non-optical in the dictionary

  1. non-op
  2. non-opening
  3. non-operating
  4. non-operational
  5. non-ops
  6. non-optical
  7. non-option
  8. non-optional
  9. non-options
  10. non-ordered
  11. non-organic

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