CATOPTRICS

catoptrics

(noun) branch of optics dealing with formation of images by mirrors

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

catoptrics (uncountable)

The branch of optics dealing with reflection.

'tis ordinary to see strange uncouth sights by catoptrics; who knows not that if in a dark room the light be admitted at one only little hole, and a paper or glass put upon it, the sun shining will represent on the opposite wall all such objects as are illuminated by his rays?

Source: Wiktionary

Ca*top"trics, n. Etym: [Cf. F. catoptrique. See Catropric.] (Physics)

Definition: That part of optics which explants the properties and phenomena of reflected light, and particularly that which is reflected from mirrors or polished bodies; --- formerly caled anacamptics.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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