Examples of optic in a Sentence
Adjective
the optic nerve
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Adjective
The diagnosis was optic atrophy, which meant no blood flow was reaching the nerve.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 7 July 2025
In a search of the apartment, police recovered a Glock 19 Gen 5 firearm with an optic sight attached.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 19 June 2025
Noun
People start reacting to optics instead of outcomes.
—Reid Rasner, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
But the optics of India's recent diplomatic activity are hard to ignore.
—Danish Manzoor Bhat, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025
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“Optic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/optic. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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optic
2 of 2 noun1
: any of the elements (as lenses, mirrors, or light guides) of an optical instrument or system
—usually used in plural
2
: an optical instrument
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