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say it: AHP-tik
optic is an adjective and noun meaning "of or relating to or resembling the eye". It carries 3 recorded senses.
of or relating to or resembling the eye
“ocular muscles”
“an ocular organ”
“ocular diseases”
“the optic (or optical) axis of the eye”
“an ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to light”
“ophthalmic defect”
relating to or using sight
“ocular inspection”
“an optical illusion”
“visual powers”
“visual navigation”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for optic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.