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单词 optics
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Definition of optics in English:

optics

plural noun ˈɒptɪksˈɑptɪks
  • 1usually treated as singular The scientific study of sight and the behaviour of light, or the properties of transmission and deflection of other forms of radiation.

    光学

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In optics he experimented with mirrors and with lenses.
    • Modern scholarship has not seriously affected his stature in the fields of mathematics, dynamics, celestial mechanics, astronomy, optics, natural philosophy, or cosmology.
    • He convinced himself of a conspiracy against him, and gave up the study of optics, refusing to correspond with anyone about it.
    • Additional breadth in the curriculum comes from required courses in electronics, optics, an elective specialty course - solid state, for instance - and a senior thesis.
    • The exhibits cover topics relating to energy, electricity, mechanics, optics, sound, light, and even nuclear energy and astronomy.
    • He published on optics, quantum mechanics, and relativity.
    • This work is an encyclopaedia of mathematics, astronomy, optics and music.
    • Gregory began to study optics and the construction of telescopes.
    • But before I do so, there is one further unresolved historical issue to be explored: from whom might Vermeer have learned about optics and lenses?
    • Franck called in his graduate student, Wilhelm Hanle, who worked in physical optics, and asked if he could understand Wood's findings.
    • With the same energy with which he approached everything, Rayleigh developed laboratory courses in heat, electricity and magnetism, properties of matter, optics, and acoustics.
    • Other courses Whittaker taught at Cambridge included astronomy, geometrical optics, and electricity and magnetism.
    • Regrettably, fluid dynamics is not well covered in standard physics curricula, but the ideas have natural connections to basic conservation laws, optics, and quantum mechanics.
    • In applied mathematics he studied optics, electricity, telegraphy, capillarity, elasticity, thermodynamics, potential theory, quantum theory, theory of relativity and cosmology.
    • Seurat proposed making art based upon a scientific understanding of optics and color.
    • From a physics point of view we would also like to leave geometric optics behind and use the wave nature of light rays instead.
    • Only after Galileo had become famous through his discoveries in the area of mechanics, dynamics and optics, did he admit his Copernican position in print.
    • In 1824 David Brewster, famous for his work in optics, was the first author to use the term ‘pyroelectricity.’
    • From 1491 to 1494, Copernicus studied mathematics and optics at Krakow University.
    • The easiest way to describe light rays and light cones is through geometric optics.
  • 2North American usually treated as singular (typically in a political context) the way in which an event or course of action is perceived by the public.

    the issue itself is secondary to the optics of the Democrats opposing this administration in a high-profile way
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The optics are terrible, but it's also a terrible waste of government money.
    • In politics, optics matter.
    • But when it began to look like the protesters he brought with him to the legislature were being paid to be there, the optics changed.
    • If he'd brought his son along, it would have been better optics but at least he's following my advice.
    • So much of the news in the last week or two has apparently been more for the benefit of optics than for any substance.
    • They had no clue about the optics of the situation.
    • The decision may not make for good public optics, since accountability has come to be seen as a key issue in medicare, and there have been allegations that some provinces are pursuing secret agendas to privatize health care.
    • White said the optics won't be good for CSC employees who were irked their chief was globe trotting while guards struggled to hammer out a new contract.
    • State Transportation Department officials noted in early October that federal officials were concerned about the project's "optics."
    • One thing is for sure, the policy's optics are bad.
    • With a federal election on the horizon, optics are everything.
    • But even if Harper took over, the optics of him forming a quasi-coalition with the Bloc would have been so bad to ensure he'd never win again.
    • Life is still not easy in America, and people still suffer, but the optics have changed.
    • The Republicans understood one thing very well and that was that the optics of legislation are important.
    • The "optics" on this are not good judging from the offhand comments I've heard from various people today.
    • You may be entirely right about the optics or the PR aspect of this, that it looks bad for the administration to do this unilaterally without consulting Congress.
    • A pre-election survey that could result in budget surplus refund cheques creates "brilliant" political optics that could be unbeatable.
    • Collins argues that it is not simply US politics which has subtituted optics for politics.
    • However the optics of such a venture are worrisome for McPhail.
    • Speaking on RTE radio yesterday morning, he said he never did anything unlawful, but admitted that "the optics on this are not pleasant".

Definition of optics in US English:

optics

plural nounˈäptiksˈɑptɪks
  • 1The scientific study of sight and the behavior of light, or the properties of transmission and deflection of other forms of radiation.

    光学

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Regrettably, fluid dynamics is not well covered in standard physics curricula, but the ideas have natural connections to basic conservation laws, optics, and quantum mechanics.
    • With the same energy with which he approached everything, Rayleigh developed laboratory courses in heat, electricity and magnetism, properties of matter, optics, and acoustics.
    • Additional breadth in the curriculum comes from required courses in electronics, optics, an elective specialty course - solid state, for instance - and a senior thesis.
    • He convinced himself of a conspiracy against him, and gave up the study of optics, refusing to correspond with anyone about it.
    • This work is an encyclopaedia of mathematics, astronomy, optics and music.
    • Other courses Whittaker taught at Cambridge included astronomy, geometrical optics, and electricity and magnetism.
    • Modern scholarship has not seriously affected his stature in the fields of mathematics, dynamics, celestial mechanics, astronomy, optics, natural philosophy, or cosmology.
    • In applied mathematics he studied optics, electricity, telegraphy, capillarity, elasticity, thermodynamics, potential theory, quantum theory, theory of relativity and cosmology.
    • Only after Galileo had become famous through his discoveries in the area of mechanics, dynamics and optics, did he admit his Copernican position in print.
    • From a physics point of view we would also like to leave geometric optics behind and use the wave nature of light rays instead.
    • He published on optics, quantum mechanics, and relativity.
    • The easiest way to describe light rays and light cones is through geometric optics.
    • In optics he experimented with mirrors and with lenses.
    • But before I do so, there is one further unresolved historical issue to be explored: from whom might Vermeer have learned about optics and lenses?
    • In 1824 David Brewster, famous for his work in optics, was the first author to use the term ‘pyroelectricity.’
    • Gregory began to study optics and the construction of telescopes.
    • Seurat proposed making art based upon a scientific understanding of optics and color.
    • From 1491 to 1494, Copernicus studied mathematics and optics at Krakow University.
    • Franck called in his graduate student, Wilhelm Hanle, who worked in physical optics, and asked if he could understand Wood's findings.
    • The exhibits cover topics relating to energy, electricity, mechanics, optics, sound, light, and even nuclear energy and astronomy.
  • 2North American (typically in a political context) the way in which an event or course of action is perceived by the public.

    the issue itself is secondary to the optics of the Democrats opposing this administration in a high-profile way
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Collins argues that it is not simply US politics which has subtituted optics for politics.
    • They had no clue about the optics of the situation.
    • Life is still not easy in America, and people still suffer, but the optics have changed.
    • But even if Harper took over, the optics of him forming a quasi-coalition with the Bloc would have been so bad to ensure he'd never win again.
    • The "optics" on this are not good judging from the offhand comments I've heard from various people today.
    • The Republicans understood one thing very well and that was that the optics of legislation are important.
    • The decision may not make for good public optics, since accountability has come to be seen as a key issue in medicare, and there have been allegations that some provinces are pursuing secret agendas to privatize health care.
    • One thing is for sure, the policy's optics are bad.
    • White said the optics won't be good for CSC employees who were irked their chief was globe trotting while guards struggled to hammer out a new contract.
    • A pre-election survey that could result in budget surplus refund cheques creates "brilliant" political optics that could be unbeatable.
    • State Transportation Department officials noted in early October that federal officials were concerned about the project's "optics."
    • The optics are terrible, but it's also a terrible waste of government money.
    • However the optics of such a venture are worrisome for McPhail.
    • So much of the news in the last week or two has apparently been more for the benefit of optics than for any substance.
    • Speaking on RTE radio yesterday morning, he said he never did anything unlawful, but admitted that "the optics on this are not pleasant".
    • With a federal election on the horizon, optics are everything.
    • But when it began to look like the protesters he brought with him to the legislature were being paid to be there, the optics changed.
    • If he'd brought his son along, it would have been better optics but at least he's following my advice.
    • You may be entirely right about the optics or the PR aspect of this, that it looks bad for the administration to do this unilaterally without consulting Congress.
    • In politics, optics matter.
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