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optically

optically adverb: regarding or using optics.

Adverb

optically (not comparable)

  1. regarding or using optics
    • The picture is seen optically through the lens, as in many photo cameras.1984 May 6, Hans Fantel, “These Cameras Have Shrunk but Their Capabilities Have Grown”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...
    • The microscopically small crystals often obtained by very rapid cooling of the hot solution, appeared to be no crystals of the optically active form either; they were rhombic individuals exhibiting prismatic, domatic and basal facets, of a new hydrate of the racemic compound, probably at higher...2015, Istvan Hargittai, Balazs Hargittai, Science of Crystal Structures: Highlights in Crystallography, →ISBN, page 183

Origin of optically

From optical + -ly.

Words formed from optically

Questions about optically

What does optically mean?
Optically means regarding or using optics.
What part of speech is optically?
Optically is an adverb.

Words near optically in the dictionary

  1. optical tweezer
  2. optical tweezers
  3. optical wand
  4. optical wands
  5. opticality
  6. optically
  7. optically active
  8. opticalman
  9. opticalmen
  10. opticals
  11. optician

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