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Definition of Catoptrics
1. Noun. Branch of optics dealing with formation of images by mirrors.
Definition of Catoptrics
1. n. That part of optics which explains the properties and phenomena of reflected light, and particularly that which is reflected from mirrors or polished bodies; -- formerly called anacamptics.
Definition of Catoptrics
1. Noun. (plural of catoptric) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catoptrics
Literary usage of Catoptrics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Frederic Harrison (1896)
"It is otherwise with regard to catoptrics, and yet more, dioptrics, if we discard
questions about the first causes of reflection and refraction. ..."
2. Treatise on Optics by David Brewster, Alexander Dallas Bache (1854)
"catoptrics is that branch of optics which treats of the progress of rays of light
after they are reflected from sur- races either plane or curved, ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Various treatises by Heron of Alexandria have preserved for us the type of these
decadent works. rors", in which the principles of catoptrics were correctly ..."
4. A New and Compendious System of Optics by Benjamin Martin (1740)
"The Principles of catoptrics and DIOPTRICS. ... on which the following New Theory,
both of catoptrics and Dioptrics, does chiefly depend; and which are in ..."
5. Letters of Euler on Different Subjects in Natural Philosophy: Addressed to a by Leonhard Euler, John Griscom, David Brewster (1833)
"1 shall present you with a summary of these two sciences catoptrics and dioptrics,
... Of catoptrics, and the Reflection of Rays from plain Mirrors. ..."
6. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Illustrated with Copper Plates by William Nicholson (1805)
"OF catoptrics, OR THE REGULAR REFLECTION OF LIGHT; AND OF THE REFLECTING TELESCOPE.
... catoptrics ..."
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