optic
Example Sentences
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Swedish soldiers participating in the exercise were handed $20,000 night-vision optics that broke because the aluminum in the goggles couldn’t handle the minus 40 degree Fahrenheit conditions.
“The optics of this are terrible in the context of an ongoing war,” said Mark Bathgate, chief executive of Tweeddale Advisors, a policy consultant in London for investment firms.
Thousands of ecstatic supporters greeted her in the Norwegian capital, a publicity coup for the opposition and another round of bad optics for Maduro’s embattled administration.
From Los Angeles Times
They looked closely at shifts in the shape and size of the brain over time and focused on the optic lobe, the region involved in vision that has been linked to flight capabilities.
From Science Daily
Even when a participant approaches a project with enthusiasm, the optics of an ad can spark discussion, debate and sometimes controversy.
From Salon
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