Usually means: Relating to light and vision.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word optical:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. optical: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. optical: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. optical: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. optical: Collins English Dictionary
  5. optical: Vocabulary.com
  6. Optical, optical: Wordnik
  7. optical: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. optical: Wiktionary
  9. optical: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. optical: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. optical: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. optical: Dictionary.com
  13. optical: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Optical (musician), Optical: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Optical: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. optical: Rhymezone
  17. Optical: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. optical: Free Dictionary
  19. optical: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. optical: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. optical: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. optical: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. -optical, optical: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. OPTICAL: Acronym Finder

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. optical: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary

(Note: See optically as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Of, or relating to sight; visual.
adjective:  Designed to assist or enhance sight
adjective:  Of, or relating to optics.
adjective:  Of, or relating to visible light.
adjective:  Incorporating light-sensitive devices.
noun:  (film) Any special effect requiring laboratory work on the film.

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