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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

optics

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Source Word

optics

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɒptɪks/

Noun

uncountable figuratively

Japanese Meaning

物理学的な光学 – 光と視覚の研究、光の性質に関する現象を扱う分野 / 装置やシステムの光学特性 – 光に関連した装置の機能や設計に関する意味 / 比喩的な意味でのイメージや評判 – 特に政治の文脈で、外見や世論、パブリック・リレーションズの側面を示す

What is this buttons?

During the laboratory course, we studied optics to understand how lenses form images.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

実験の授業で、レンズがどのように像を結ぶかを理解するために光学を学びました。

Sense（1）

(physics) The physics of light and vision.

Sense（2）

The light-related aspects of a device.

The optics of this telescope are particularly good.

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Sense（3）

(figuratively) Perception, image, public relations, especially in politics.

[…] I'd be interested to know whether US authorities proffered any "advice" on the optics: Ixnay on the torture dungeon, […]; if you have to have victims' loved ones present, go for the widows and photogenic orphans rather than Moqtada's boys.

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