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optical
1. of, relating to, producing, or involving light
2. of or relating to the eye or to the sense of sight; optic
3. (esp of a lens) aiding vision or correcting a visual disorder

optical [′äp·tə·kəl]
(optics)
Pertaining to or utilizing visible or near-visible light; the extreme limits of the optical spectrum are about 100 nanometers (0.1 micrometer or 3 × 1015hertz) in the far ultraviolet and 30,000 nanometers (30 micrometers or 1013hertz) in the far infrared.


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