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optick

optick is the obsolete form of optic.

Meaning of optic

Adjective

optic (not comparable)

  1. (relational) Of, or relating to the eye or to vision.
    • The moon, whose orb / Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views.1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  2. (relational) Of, or relating to optics or optical instruments.

See all 5 meanings of optic

Forms of optick

pluralopticks

Questions about optick

What is optick the obsolete form of?
Optick is the obsolete form of optic.

Words near optick in the dictionary

  1. opticians
  2. opticist
  3. opticists
  4. opticities
  5. opticity
  6. optick
  7. opticks
  8. optico-
  9. opticochemical
  10. opticokinetic
  11. opticopneumatic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: optick (page history and authors); optic (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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