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Optical

Of or pertaining to vision or sight.

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Optics 74% connected

That branch of physical science which treats of the nature and properties of light, the laws of its modification by opaque and transparent bodies, an…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Optics 74% connected

That branch of physical science which treats of the nature and properties of light, the laws of its modification by opaque and transparent bodies, an…

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Eye 66% connected

A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.

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Optics 66% connected

That branch of physical science which treats of the nature and properties of light, the laws of its modification by opaque and transparent bodies, an…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sight 66% connected

The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.

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Ocular 92% connected

Depending on, or perceived by, the eye; received by actual sight; personally seeing or having seen; as, ocular proof.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ophthalmic 92% connected

Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the eye; ocular; as the ophthalmic, or orbitonasal, nerve, a division of the trigeminal, which gives branches…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Optic 92% connected

The organ of sight; an eye.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Visual 92% connected

Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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