The science concerned with the properties of light, its refraction and absorption, and the refracting media of the eye in that relation. [G. optikos, fr. ops, eye]
- schlieren o. an optical system, often used in diffusion and centrifugation studies, that observes the refractive index gradient in solutions containing macromolecules.
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op·tics 'äp-tiks n pl but sing or pl in constr
1) a science that deals with the genesis and propagation of light, the changes that it undergoes and produces, and other phenomena closely associated with it
2) optical properties
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op·tics (opґtiks) [Gr. optikos of or for sight] the science of light and of vision.Medical dictionary. 2011.