English-Thai Dictionary

catoptrics

N สาขา จักษุวิทยา เกี่ยวกับ การ เกิด ภาพ หรือ แสงสะท้อน 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CATOPTRIC, CATOPTRICAL

a.[See Catoptrics. ] Relating to catoptries, or vision by reflection.

 

CATOPTRICS

n.That part of optics which explains the properties of reflected light, and particularly that which is reflected from mirrors or polished bodies.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CATOPTRIC; CATOPTRICAL

Ca *top "tric, Ca *top "tric *al, a. Etym: [Gr. Catopter.]

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to catoptrics; produced by reflection. Catoptric light, a light in which the rays are concentrated by reflectors into a beam visible at a distance.

 

CATOPTRICS

Ca *top "trics, n. Etym: [Cf. F. catoptrique. See Catropric.] (Physics )

 

Defn: That part of optics which explants the properties and phenomena of reflected light, and particularly that which is reflected from mirrors or polished bodies; --- formerly caled anacamptics.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

catoptric

ca top tric |kəˈtäptrik kəˈtɑptrɪk | ▶adjective Physics of or relating to a mirror, a reflector, or reflection. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Greek katoptrikos, from katoptron ‘mirror. ’

 

catoptrics

ca top trics |kəˈtäptriks kəˈtɑptrɪks | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] Physics the branch of optics that deals with reflection. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (originally catoptric ): from Greek katoptrikos ‘reflecting, ’ from katoptron ‘mirror. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

catoptric

catoptric |kaˈtɒptrɪk |Physics ▶adjective relating to a mirror, a reflector, or reflection. ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] the branch of optics that deals with reflection. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Greek katoptrikos ‘reflecting ’, from katoptron ‘mirror ’.

 

Spanish Dictionary

catóptrica

catóptrica nombre femenino Parte de la óptica que estudia la reflexión de la luz .

 

catóptrico, -ca

catóptrico, -ca adjetivo De la catóptrica o relacionado con esta parte de la óptica .