anaclastics

English

Etymology

See anaclastic and -ics.

Noun

anaclastics (uncountable)

  1. The part of optics that deals with the refraction of light.
    • 2017, Azzedine Boudrioua, Roshdi Rashed, Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan, Light-Based Science:
      During these two centuries, the interest shown in the study of burning mirrors is an essential part of the comprehension of the development of catoptrics, anaclastics and dioptrics

Synonyms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for anaclastics in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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