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# optic

«optic» in Mova's school dictionary: **To do with the eye or sight: «the optic nerve»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (optic); noun (an optic, optics)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective) To do with the eye or sight: «the optic nerve». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optic/#m1)

2) (optics, uncountable) The science of light and how it behaves, including lenses and mirrors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optic/#m2)

3) (noun, UK) A device fixed to a bottle to pour out a measured amount of drink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optic/#m3)

4) (optics, informal) How something looks to the public. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optic/#m4)

5) An optic is an old or poetic word for an eye. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optic/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science: the optic nerve carries messages from the eye to the brain; optics studies how light reflects and refracts. «Fibre optic» (fiber optic) cables carry internet signals as light through thin glass threads. Phrases: «optic nerve», «fibre optic», «optics».

### examples

- The optic nerve sends signals from your eye to your brain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optic/#x1)
- Fibre optic cables carry information as light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optic/#x2)
- Optics is the science of light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optic/#x3)
- Lenses in glasses are part of optics. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optic/#x4)
- The doctor checked my optic nerve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optic/#x5)
- Fibre optic lamps glow at the tips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optic/#x6)
- But the eagle-eyed watcher watched until his eyes narrowed and became pin-points, and he ceased to be a man and became an optic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optic/#x7)

### note

More common is the adjective «optical» (optical illusion). «Optics» ends in s but is singular as a science: «Optics is…». Spelling: fibre optic (UK) / fiber optic (US). Related: optician (eye-test shop worker).

### In the corpora

- [Fibre-optic cables carry information as flashes of light.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/59-inventions-computers-internet/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «optic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.