anaclastics

anaclastics

English

Etymology

See anaclastic and -ics.

Noun

anaclastics (uncountable)

1. The part of optics that deals with the refraction of light.

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Synonyms

• dioptrics

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for anaclastics in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)