Dictionary.com Thesaurus.com

photics

American

[foh-tiks] / ˈfoʊ tɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

the science of light.

Etymology

Origin of photics

First recorded in 1855–60; photic, -ics

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.