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Optic vs Letter - What's the difference?

optic | letter |

As nouns the difference between optic and letter

is that optic is an eye while letter is a symbol in an alphabet.

As an adjective optic

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

As a verb letter is

to print, inscribe, or paint letters on something.

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. ¶ ("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

    External links

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    Anagrams

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    letter

    English

    (wikipedia letter)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) letter, lettre, from (etyl) letre, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A symbol in an alphabet.
  • * Bible, (w) xxiii. 38
    • And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew.
  • A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.
  • * (1662-1708)
    • The style of letters ought to be free, easy, and natural.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
    • , chapter=1 citation , passage=He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.}}
  • *
  • *:An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
  • Literal meaning.
  • * (Jeremy Taylor) (1613–1677)
    • We must observe the letter of the law, without doing violence to the reason of the law and the intention of the lawgiver.
  • * (1809-1892)
    • I broke the letter of it to keep the sense.
  • * 2009 , 23 February, BBC, Euro MP expenses 'can reach £1m'
    • Some MEPs from some countries may have pocketed £2m more than I have by observing the letter but not the spirit of the rules.
  • (plural) Literature.
  • A size of paper, 8½ in]] × 11 in (215.9 [[millimetre, mm × 279.4 mm, US paper sizes rounded to the nearest 5 mm).
  • A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm.
  • A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.
  • * (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)
    • Under these buildingswas the king's printing house, and that famous letter so much esteemed.
    Quotations
    * (English Citations of "letter")
    Synonyms
    * bookstave
    Hyponyms
    * epistle * missive
    Derived terms
    * accountant's letter * advisory letter * air letter * black letter * capital letter * chain letter * comfort letter * commercial letter of credit * cover letter * covering letter * crank letter * day letter * dead letter office * Dear John letter * deficiency letter * domincal letter * drop letter * encyclical letter * fan letter * form letter * four-letter/four-letter word * French letter * guarantee letter * investment letter * irrevocable letter of credit * letter blindness * letter bomb * letter bond * letter box * letter carrier * letter case * letter missive * letter of administration * letter of attorney * letter of comfort * letter of comment * letter of credence * letter of credit * letter of guarantee * letter of indemnity * letter of intent * Letter of Jeremiah * letter of marque * letter of motivation * letter of the law * letter opener * letter paper * letter perfect/letter-perfect * letter-quality * letter security * letter stock * letter telegram * letterform * letterhead * letterman * letterure * love letter * market letter * news letter/news-letter/newsletter * night letter * no-action letter * open letter * night letter * poison-pen letter * red letter * scarlet letter * sea letter * small letter * swash letter * to the letter * transmittal letter * varsity letter
    Related terms
    * literacy * literal * literary * literate * literature

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to print, inscribe, or paint letters on something.
  • (intransitive, US, scholastic) To earn a varsity letter (award).

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who lets, or lets out.
    • the letter of a room
    a blood-letter
  • (archaic) One who retards or hinders.

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    External links

    * * English terms derived from Etruscan 1000 English basic words ----