adv
Meaning 1
regarding or using optics
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
optically
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CMU ARPABET: AA1 P T IH0 K L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in an optical manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- optically distorted
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English optic English -al English optical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English optically From optical + -ly.
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Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: optisch — regarding or using optics
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