catoptric

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von catoptric im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

The branch of optics dealing with reflection

'tis ordinary to see strange uncouth sights by catoptrics; who knows not that if in a dark room the light be admitted at one only little hole, and a paper or glass put upon it, the sun shining will represent on the opposite wall all such objects as are illuminated by his rays?.

of, relating to, or produced by mirrors or reflections

It leaned, toppled forward, and loomed out over the water's grim catoptric surface that stretched before her, and then completing a half-somersault plunged headlong into the shallows of the abysmal, baptismal bilge.

Of or pertaining to catoptrics; produced by reflection

{s} pertaining to the branch of optics which studies reflected light from mirrors and shiny surfaces

of or relating to catoptrics; produced by or based on mirrors

Silbentrennung

ca·top·tric

Etymologie

() From Ancient Greek κατοπτικός, from κάτοπτρον (katoptron, “mirror”).