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optic | fun |

As an adjective optic

is of, or relating to the eye or to vision.

As a noun optic

is an eye.

As a verb fun is

give.

As a preposition fun is

for, on behalf of.

optic

English

Alternative forms

* optick (obsolete) * optique (obsolete)

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, or relating to the eye or to vision.
  • * Milton
    • The moon, whose orb / Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views.
  • Of, or relating to optics or optical instruments.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An eye.
  • *(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
  • *:The difference is as great between / The optics seeing, as the object seen.
  • *1819 , (Lord Byron), Don Juan , I:
  • *:how they, / Who saw those figures on the margin kiss all, / Could turn their optics to the text and pray, / Is more than I know
  • *
  • *:Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ΒΆ ("I never) understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics ."
  • A lens or other part of an optical instrument that interacts with light.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Fenella Saunders, magazine=(American Scientist)
    • , title= Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture , passage=The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.}}
  • A measuring device with a small window, attached to an upside-down bottle, used to dispense alcoholic drinks in a bar.

    • Related terms

    * optics * optical

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    fun

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (informal) enjoyable, amusing
    • We had a fun time at the party.
    He is such a fun person to be with.
  • (informal) whimsical, flamboyant
    • This year's fashion style is much more fun than recent seasons.

    Usage notes

    * Note that the use of fun as an adjective is often considered unacceptable in formal contexts. For more on the slang comparative and superlative, the use of which is disputed, see this discussion

    Derived terms

    * funny

    Noun

    (-)
  • amusement, enjoyment or pleasure
  • * 2000 , Robert Stanley, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adobe Photoshop 6 , Alpha Books, page 377
    • Grafting your boss's face onto the hind end of a donkey is fun, but serious fun is when you create the impossible and it looks real.
  • playful, often noisy, activity.

    • Synonyms

    * amusement, diversion, enjoyment, a laugh, pleasure * boisterousness, horseplay, rough and tumble

    Derived terms

    * for the fun of it * fun and games * fun bags * funfair * funfest * fun-loving * fun-maker * funny * fun run, fun runner, fun running * funster * good fun * great fun * have fun * have fun with * in fun * like fun * make fun of * poke fun at

    Verb

  • (colloquial) To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of.
    • Hey, don't get bent out of shape over it; I was just funning you.

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