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Webster 1913 Edition

Photics

Pho′tics

(fō′tĭks)

,

Noun.

(Physics)

The science of light; – a general term sometimes employed when

optics

is restricted to light as a producing vision.

Knight.

Definition 2024

photics

photics

English

Noun

photics ‎(uncountable)

The science of light.
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Usage notes

A general term sometimes employed when optics is restricted to light as producing vision.