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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 × 10¹⁵ hertz) in the far ultraviolet and 30,000 nanometers (30 micrometers or 10¹³ hertz) in the far infrared.

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