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Plural of optic

regular plural

The plural of optic is optics.

Forms of optic

Singularoptic /ˈɒp.tɪk/
Pluraloptics /ˈɒptɪks/
Countablecountable

Optics in a sentence

  • I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter 8, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
  • They were neatly lined up on three shelves between the optics of martini, vodka, whisky and gin.2014, M. P. Wright, Heartman
  • Since the development of fiber optics, treatments utilizing catheterization have replaced some former surgical procedures.From the entry catheterization
  • The optics of this telescope are particularly good.From the entry optics
  • His policy prescription was sound, but the optics were horrible.From the entry optics

Meaning of optic

  1. adjective Of, or relating to the eye or to vision.
  2. adjective Of, or relating to optics or optical instruments.
  3. noun An eye.

Full definition of optic

Questions about the plural of optic

What is the plural of optic?
The plural of optic is optics.
Is optic countable?
Optic is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: optic (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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