Synonyms for optical

Grammar : Adj

Spell : op-ti-kuh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒp tɪ kəl

Définition of optical

Origin : 1560s, from optic + -al (1). Of abstract art, from 1964. Related: Optically.

adj ocular

Example sentences :

"Your Lordship is deceived by an optical illusion," said the young captain.
Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne

She was visited by no more ‘optical illusions’ or ‘cataleptic’ fits.
Extract from : « Cruel As The Grave » by Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth

This causes a kind of optical illusion which is favorable to the flat-footed.
Extract from : « Social Life » by Maud C. Cooke

So we are told that soldiers' visions are optical illusions.
Extract from : « War and the Weird » by Forbes Phillips

And yet we are asked to believe that all this is merely an optical illusion.
Extract from : « Illogical Geology » by George McCready Price

With these Hertzian waves all manner of optical experiments can be performed.
Extract from : « The Ether of Space » by Oliver Lodge

It is a shifting of the optical laws, of the entire body of physical laws.
Extract from : « Post-Impressions » by Simeon Strunsky

This seriously affects the value of such lenses for optical purposes.
Extract from : « Physics » by Willis Eugene Tower

This, however, owing to the frequency of optical illusions, is not the case.
Extract from : « The Son of a Servant » by August Strindberg

Without, there is light; within, an optical machine adapted to it.
Extract from : « Nineteenth Century Questions » by James Freeman Clarke

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