catoptrics
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of catoptrics
1560–70; < Greek katoptrikós, equivalent to kátoptr ( on ) mirror ( kat- cat- ( def. ) + op- see + -tron suffix of instruments) + -ikos -ic; see -ics
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The science of reflected light, now called catoptrics.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
Quinola Senor knows mechanics, ballistics, mathematics, dioptrics, catoptrics, statistics?
From The Resources of Quinola by Honoré de Balzac
Concerning other aids; besides what the masters of the catoptrics, phonocamptics, otacoustics, &c., have done, something has been attempted by the Royal Society; and you know the industrious Kircher has much laboured.
From A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing by George Saintsbury
Catoptric, kat-op′trik, adj. relating to catoptrics or vision by reflection.—n.pl.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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