OPTIC
ocular, optic, optical, visual
(adjective) relating to or using sight; “ocular inspection”; “an optical illusion”; “visual powers”; “visual navigation”
ocular, optic, optical, ophthalmic
(adjective) of or relating to or resembling the eye; “ocular muscles”; “an ocular organ”; “ocular diseases”; “the optic (or optical) axis of the eye”; “an ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to light”; “ophthalmic defect”
eye, oculus, optic
(noun) the organ of sight
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
optic (not comparable)
Of, or relating to the eye or to vision.
Of, or relating to optics or optical instruments.
Noun
optic (plural optics)
(now humorous) An eye.
A lens or other part of an optical instrument that interacts with light.
A measuring device with a small window, attached to an upside-down bottle, used to dispense alcoholic drinks in a bar.
Anagrams
• -topic, cop it, picot, topic
Source: Wiktionary
Op"tic, n. Etym: [From Optic, a.]
1. The organ of sight; an eye.
The difference is as great between The optics seeing, as the object
seen. Pope.
2. An eyeglass. [Obs.] Herbert.
Op"tic, Op"tic*al, a. Etym: [F. optique, Gr. oculus eye. See Ocular,
Eye, and cf. Canopy, Ophthalmia.]
1. Of or pertaining to vision or sight.
The moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views.
Milton.
2. Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular; as, the optic nerves (the
first pair of cranial nerves) which are distributed to the retina.
See Illust. of Brain, and Eye.
3. Relating to the science of optics; as, optical works. Optic angle
(Opt.), the angle included between the optic axes of the two eyes
when directed to the same point; -- sometimes called binocular
parallax.
– Optic axis. (Opt.) (a) A line drawn through the center of the eye
perpendicular to its anterior and posterior surfaces. In a normal eye
it is in the direction of the optic axis that objects are most
distinctly seen. (b) The line in a doubly refracting crystal, in the
direction of which no double refraction occurs. A uniaxial crystal
has one such line, a biaxial crystal has two.
– Optical circle (Opt.), a graduated circle used for the
measurement of angles in optical experiments.
– Optical square, a surveyor's instrument with reflectors for
laying off right angles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition