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Definition of Catoptrical
1. Adjective. Of or relating to catoptrics; produced by or based on mirrors.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catoptrical
Literary usage of Catoptrical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1820)
"Account of an Improved catoptrical Microscope, by Professor AMICI of Modena.
Translated from Gilbert's Annalen *. constructed on ..."
2. Chromatics; or, The analogy, harmony, and philosophy of colours by George Field (1845)
"To COMPLETE our outline of Optical Chromatics, we proceed, finally, to the
investigation of catoptrical or specular colours, and the instruments we have ..."
3. Goethe's Theory of Colours, Tr. from the German by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1840)
"catoptrical COLOURS. images, so exactly accompanying the object, ... catoptrical
colours are such as appear in consequence of a mirror-like reflection. ..."
4. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal (1820)
"Some years ago, an eminent natural philosopher, Professor Amici of Modena,
constructed a very excellent catoptrical microscope, in which he seems to have ..."
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