adjective [usuallybeforenoun]
1 connected with the sense of sight or the relationship between light and sight:
optical effects
2 used to help you see sth more clearly:
optical aids * optical instruments such as microscopes and telescopes
3 (computing) using light for reading or storing information:
optical storage * an optical disk
optically adverb
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