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Optical vs Tailback - What's the difference?

optical | tailback |

As an adjective optical

is of, or relating to sight; visual.

As a noun tailback is

a line of motor vehicles caught up in traffic congestion; a traffic jam.

optical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, or relating to sight; visual
    • Strabismus is an optical defect.
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  • Designed to assist or enhance sight
    • A microscope is an optical instrument.
  • Of, or relating to optics
    • Refraction is an optical effect.
  • Of, or relating to visible light
    • Optical telescopes don't work when it is cloudy.
  • Incorporating light-sensitive devices
    • An optical switch opens the door automatically.

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    tailback

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A line of motor vehicles caught up in traffic congestion; a traffic jam
  • * 2013 , Simon Jenkins, Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history'' (in ''The Guardian , 14 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/14/gibraltar-falklands-deny-logic-history]
    • The idea of a British warship supposedly menacing Spain is ludicrous. Is it meant to bomb Cadiz? Will its guns lift a rush-hour tailback in a colony that most Britons regard as awash with tax dodgers, drug dealers and right-wing whingers? The Gibraltarians have rights, but why British taxpayers should send warships to enforce them, even if just "on exercise", is a mystery.