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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
op·tics
 \\ˈäp-tiks\\ noun plural but singular in construction
 DATE  1579
: 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
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
optics
op·tics 5CptiksNAmE 5B:p- / noun[U]
   the scientific study of sight and light
   光学
 see also fibre optics
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
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magneto-optics
 , or physical optics , or adaptive optics , or fiber optics , or electron optics , or geometrical optics

op·tics
I. \ˈäptiks, -tēks\ noun plural but usually singular in construction
Etymology: Medieval Latin optica, from Greek optika, from neuter plural of optikos optic
: a science that deals with light, its genesis and propagation, the effects that it undergoes and produces, and other phenomena closely associated with it — see geometrical opticsphysical optics
II. 
plural of 
optic

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