optical
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Roman's Wide Field Instrument achieved optical performance nearly 30% better than the team had predicted.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Roman's mirrors and other optical components were already positioned with remarkable accuracy, meaning engineers needed to make only minor corrections.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Even the smallest improvements in optical precision could help Roman capture clearer images during its sweeping surveys of the cosmos.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
The research demonstrates that appropriately prepared light can develop this behavior naturally as it travels, without requiring those additional optical components.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
The impersonal operator of the machine could, by wearing a special optical helmet, gaze into the soul of the person whom he was pumping out.
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
Vocabulary lists containing optical
Common Senses: Op, Ops, Opt ("Sight")
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