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Definition of optic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

optic

adjective
 
/ˈɒptɪk/
 
/ˈɑːptɪk/
[usually before noun] (specialist)
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  1. connected with the eye or the sense of sight
    • the optic nerve (= from the eye to the brain)
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryOptic is used with these nouns:
    • nerve
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from French optique or medieval Latin opticus, from Greek optikos, from optos ‘seen’.
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