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optics

[op-tiks] / ˈɒp tɪks /
NOUN
eyesight
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And consider the optics: Dodgers fans soaring over a public park enjoyed by families who might need to hit the lottery to afford tickets to a game.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

However, the discovery could eventually support technologies that combine optics and electronics, including advanced sensing, imaging, and telecommunications.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

Yet concerns have been brewing over delays in when co-packaged optics will be used at scale.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

They are also important to semiconductor manufacturing, artificial-intelligence infrastructure, aerospace systems, electric vehicles, satellites, fiber optics, advanced sensors and emerging energy technologies—the tools by which free societies defend themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Newton was making his discoveries about optics and gravitation.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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