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Academic journal
Optical Materials Express is a monthly peer-reviewed and open access scientific journal published by Optica. Founded in 2011, it covers advances in and
Optical_Materials_Express
American physicist and engineer
engineering at Purdue University, and editor-in-chief for The Optical Society's Optical Materials Express journal. Her research focuses on plasmonic metamaterials
Alexandra_Boltasseva
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PMID 30523301. S2CID 54522374. "Express Journals Online Style Guide: OPTICS EXPRESS, BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS, OPTICAL MATERIALS EXPRESS". Archived from the original
Lenna
Industrial process
nanostructures for shallow nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond". Optical Materials Express. 9 (12). The Optical Society: 4716. arXiv:1909.13496. Bibcode:2019OMExp.
Plasma_etching
Vaporizing laser beam in a vacuum chamber
waveguide laser fabricated via pulsed laser deposition" (PDF). Optical Materials Express. 6 (1): 91. Bibcode:2016OMExp...6...91G. doi:10.1364/ome.6.000091
Pulsed_laser_deposition
Species of beetle
for a dispersion relation of optical modes in the cuticle of the scarab beetle Cotinis mutabilis". Optical Materials Express. 4 (12): 2484. Bibcode:2014OMExp
Figeater_beetle
Semiconductor light source
and optical properties of Ce:YAG nanophosphors and transparent ceramics and observation of novel luminescence phenomenon". Optical Materials Express. 7
Light-emitting_diode
Species of beetle
"Visible light reflection spectra from cuticle layered materials". Optical Materials Express. 1 (1): 85. Bibcode:2011OMExp...1...85C. doi:10.1364/OME
Chrysina_limbata
American scientific society for optics and photonics
by optics. Optical Materials Express, ISSN 2159-3930; 2011–present — An open access journal covering advances in novel optical materials, their properties
Optica_(society)
Effect of a material on light
integrated generalized dispersion model for efficient optical metasurface analysis". Optical Materials Express. 10 (10): 2542–2559. Bibcode:2020OMExp..10.2542M
Dispersion_(optics)
Mirror-based electronic display technology
laser-induced forward transfer of solid polymer films" (PDF). Optical Materials Express. 5 (5): 1129. Bibcode:2015OMExp...5.1129H. doi:10.1364/ome.5.001129
Digital_micromirror_device
Branch of physics
nonlinearities in the optical behaviour of a material, i.e. the motion of bound electrons, field-induced vibrational or orientational motions, optically-induced acoustic
Nonlinear_optics
Synthetic crystalline material
spectral range optical characterization of yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) single crystal by the universal dispersion model". Optical Materials Express. 11 (12):
Yttrium_aluminium_garnet
Advances New Journal of Physics Open Physics Optica Optical Materials Express Optics Continuum Optics Express Physical Review X Physical Review Research GigaScience
List_of_open-access_journals
patterned laser-induced forward transfer of solid polymer films". Optical Materials Express. 5 (5): 1129. Bibcode:2015OMExp...5.1129H. doi:10.1364/OME.5.001129
3D_microfabrication
Method of crystallization
90 mm diameter Yb:YAG single crystals with Bagdasarov method". Optical Materials Express. 2 (9): 1219–1225. Bibcode:2012OMExp...2.1219A. doi:10.1364/OME
Bridgman–Stockbarger_method
Process that removes material from an object by heating it with a laser
waveguide laser fabricated via pulsed laser deposition" (PDF). Optical Materials Express. 6 (1): 91. Bibcode:2016OMExp...6...91G. doi:10.1364/ome.6.000091
Laser_ablation
American electrical engineer (born 1984)
(2015). "Time-varying metasurfaces and Lorentz non-reciprocity". Optical Materials Express. 5 (11): 2459. arXiv:1507.04836. Bibcode:2015OMExp...5.2459S.
Sasikanth_Manipatruni
Non-diffractive wave
formed in fused silica by femtosecond Gauss-Bessel laser beams". Optical Materials Express. 3 (11): 1862. Bibcode:2013OMExp...3.1862M. doi:10.1364/OME.3
Bessel_beam
Process of changing the color of metal surfaces with different chemical solutions
(2019). "Laser coloration of metals in visual art and design". Optical Materials Express. 9 (3): 1310–1319. Fishlock, David : Metal Colouring, Teddington
Chemical_coloring_of_metals
Refractive property of materials
the optical property of a material having a refractive index that depends on the polarization and propagation direction of light. These optically anisotropic
Birefringence
Polyatomic ion
gels. Bismuth endows materials with a variety of interesting optical properties that can be tuned by changing the supporting material. Commonly-reported
Bismuth_polycations
extract dilute solute nonlinearities from solution measurements". Optical Materials Express. 2 (12): 1776–1790. doi:10.1364/OME.2.001776. Ensley, Trenton
Z-scan_technique
Light-conducting fiber
An optical fiber, or optical fibre, is a flexible glass or plastic fiber that can transmit light from one end to the other. Such fibers are widely used
Optical_fiber
Optical device for nano-scale imaging
Lee YD, Kwon IC, et al. (April 2016). "Nanoprobes for optical bioimaging". Optical Materials Express. 6 (4): 1262–1279. doi:10.1364/OME.6.001262. Chang H
Nanoprobe_(device)
Organic photorefractive materials are materials that exhibit a temporary change in refractive index when exposed to light. The changing refractive index
Organic photorefractive materials
Organic_photorefractive_materials
Use of plasmons for data transmission in circuits
"Oxides and nitrides as alternative plasmonic materials in the optical range [Invited]". Optical Materials Express. 1 (6): 1090–1099. arXiv:1108.0993. Bibcode:2011OMExp
Plasmonics
Uniformity in all orientations
and metals are examples of isotropic materials. Common anisotropic materials include wood (because its material properties are different parallel to and
Isotropy
Research of materials
Materials science is an interdisciplinary field concerned with understanding the relationships between the structure of materials and their properties
Materials_science
Collection of bound atoms or molecules
fluorescent microstructures comprising silver nanoclusters". Optical Materials Express. 6 (3): 946–951. Bibcode:2016OMExp...6..946K. doi:10.1364/ome
Nanocluster
Type of artificial sheet material
integrated generalized dispersion model for efficient optical metasurface analysis". Optical Materials Express. 10 (10): 2542–2559. Bibcode:2020OMExp..10.2542M
Electromagnetic_metasurface
Methods used for additive 3D manufacturing
laser-induced forward transfer with automated donor replenishment" (PDF). Optical Materials Express. 3 (6): 747. Bibcode:2013OMExp...3..747G. doi:10.1364/ome.3.000747
3D_printing_processes
Extremely durable glass-ceramic
(September 2022). "ZERODUR: a glass-ceramic material enabling optical technologies". Optical Materials Express. 12 (9): 3563. doi:10.1364/OME.460265. Retrieved
Zerodur
Pillar-shaped nanostructure
Al-doped ZnO nanopillars arrays as anisotropic metamaterials" (PDF). Optical Materials Express. 7 (5): 1606–1627. Bibcode:2017OMExp...7.1606S. doi:10.1364/OME
Nanopillar
Physicist researching optical fibres
Ursula J. Gibson is an American materials scientist who specialises in novel core optical fibres. Gibson was born in Sheffield, England, and moved to
Ursula_Gibson
Chemical compound
"Spectroscopy of thulium-doped tantalum pentoxide waveguides on silicon". Optical Materials Express. 10 (9): 2201. Bibcode:2020OMExp..10.2201T. doi:10.1364/OME.397011
Tantalum_pentoxide
Nanomaterial
Al-doped ZnO nanopillars arrays as anisotropic metamaterials" (PDF). Optical Materials Express. 7 (5): 1606–1627. Bibcode:2017OMExp...7.1606S. doi:10.1364/OME
Nanorod
Scientist and educator
spatio-temporally tailored pulses from gas-based nonlinear optics [Invited]". Optical Materials Express. 16 (3): 611. arXiv:2511.11507. Bibcode:2026OMExp..16..611Z. doi:10
Sergio_Carbajo
Chemical compound
important material for optical waveguides, mobile phones, piezoelectric sensors, optical modulators and various other linear and non-linear optical applications
Lithium_niobate
Rotation of the plane of linearly polarized light as it travels through a chiral material
the plane of polarization about the optical axis of linearly polarized light as it travels through certain materials. Circular birefringence and circular
Optical_rotation
Dielectric mirror
"Visible light reflection spectra from cuticle layered materials". Optical Materials Express. 1 (1): 85. Bibcode:2011OMExp...1...85C. doi:10.1364/OME
Chirped_mirror
Set of waveguides including a closed loop
An optical ring resonator, or micro-ring resonator (MRR) is a set of waveguides in which at least one is a closed loop coupled to light input and output
Optical_ring_resonators
Viewing of objects which are too small to be seen with the naked eye
harmonic generation imaging with a kHz amplifier [Invited]". Optical Materials Express. 1 (1): 57. Bibcode:2011OMExp...1...57P. doi:10.1364/ome.1.000057
Microscopy
Scientific instruments
Optical tweezers (originally called single-beam gradient force trap) are scientific instruments that use a highly focused laser beam to hold and move
Optical_tweezers
Device that amplifies an optical signal
An optical amplifier is a device that amplifies an optical signal directly, without the need to first convert it to an electrical signal. An optical amplifier
Optical_amplifier
Structure formed by reflecting faces
An optical microcavity or microresonator is a structure formed by reflecting faces on the two sides of a spacer layer or optical medium, or by wrapping
Optical_microcavity
Microscopic spheres
two: photonic nanojets yesterday, today and tomorrow (Invited)" Optical Materials Express, 7(6), 1820 (2017). Pérez-Rodríguez, C.; Imanieh, M.H.; Martín
Glass_microsphere
Wire with a diameter in the nanometres
Al-doped ZnO nanopillars arrays as anisotropic metamaterials" (PDF). Optical Materials Express. 7 (5): 1606–1627. Bibcode:2017OMExp...7.1606S. doi:10.1364/OME
Nanowire
Physical structure guiding light waves
An optical waveguide is a physical structure that guides electromagnetic waves in the optical spectrum. Common types of optical waveguides include optical
Waveguide_(optics)
harmonic generation imaging with a kHz amplifier [Invited]". Optical Materials Express. 1 (1): 57. doi:10.1364/ome.1.000057. Macias-Romero, Carlos; Didier
Wide-field multiphoton microscopy
Wide-field_multiphoton_microscopy
Semiconductor laser that uses quantum dots as the active laser medium
(2024). "Recycling self-assembled colloidal quantum dot supraparticle lasers". Optical Materials Express. 14 (12): 2982–2994. doi:10.1364/OME.537183.
Quantum_dot_laser
a narrow emission line in nanodiamonds by ion implantation". Optical Materials Express. 11 (7): 1978–1988. Bibcode:2021OMExp..11.1978T. doi:10.1364/OME
Silicon-vacancy center in diamond
Silicon-vacancy_center_in_diamond
Materials engineered to have properties that have not yet been found in nature
rare or absent in naturally occurring materials. Metamaterials are typically fashioned from multiple materials, such as metals and plastics, and arranged
Metamaterial
Class of chemical compounds
"Broadband studies of the strong mid-infrared nonlinear optical responses of KPSe_6". Optical Materials Express. 3 (9): 1302. Bibcode:2013OMExp...3.1302J. doi:10
Selenophosphate
South Korean materials chemist
Wikidata Q83801815. Boltasseva, Alexandra (2018). "The OMEx team: editorial". Optical Materials Express. 8 (1): 136–143. Bibcode:2018OMExp...8..136B. doi:10.1364/OME
Kim_Eunkyoung
Filters which selectively transmit specific colors
wavelengths of the incident light. Transparent fluorescent materials can work as an optical filter, with an absorption spectrum, and also as a light source
Optical_filter
Class of optical fiber based on the properties of photonic crystals
Photonic-crystal fiber (PCF) is a class of optical fiber based on the properties of photonic crystals. It was first explored in 1996 at University of
Photonic-crystal_fiber
mass-producible silicon optical devices. The hybrid approach takes advantage of the light-emitting properties of III-V semiconductor materials combined with the
Hybrid_silicon_laser
Professor
cholesteric materials with controllable light emission containing quantum dots stabilized by LC copolymers" // Optical Materials Express, 11, 1842–1851
Valery_Shibaev
pixels), telescopic, "ray-optical components"; functionality: both metamaterials and METATOYs can behave like homogeneous materials, in the case of metamaterials
METATOY
Soviet-born American physicist (1947–2020)
Stockman and his contributions to nano-optics: guest editorial". Optical Materials Express. 11 (6): 1575–1582. Bibcode:2021OMExp..11.1575K. doi:10.1364/OME
Mark_Stockman
Phosphor with improved red band emission used in warmer white LED
and warm-white LEDs: a review of properties and perspectives", Optical Materials Express, 7 (9): 3332, Bibcode:2017OMExp...7.3332S, doi:10.1364/OME.7.003332
Potassium_fluorosilicate
Physical implementation of an artificial neural network with optical components
with optical components is difficult, and ideally requires advanced photonic materials. Properties that might be desirable in photonic materials for optical
Optical_neural_network
Property in optics
a given optical medium (v), n=c/v. The refractive index determines how much the path of light is bent, or refracted, when entering a material, as described
Refractive_index
Type of solar cell
trapping from Al nanoparticle enhanced antireflection coating". Optical Materials Express. 3 (4): 489. Bibcode:2013OMExp...3..489Z. doi:10.1364/OME.3.000489
Plasmonic_solar_cell
Type of optical fiber waveguide
Microstructured optical fibers (MOF) are optical fiber waveguides where guiding is obtained through manipulation of waveguide structure rather than its
Microstructured_optical_fiber
Flat, usually circular disc that encodes binary data
An optical disc is a flat, usually disc-shaped object that stores information in the form of physical variations on its surface that can be read with
Optical_disc
Type of electromagnetic metamaterial
light found in conventional optical materials. Hence, these are dubbed left-handed materials or negative index materials (NIMs), among other nomenclatures
Photonic_metamaterial
American materials scientist, entrepreneur, and academic
American materials scientist, entrepreneur, and academic. He holds the J. E. Sirrine Endowed Chair of Optical Fiber and is a professor of materials science
John_Ballato
Soviet physicist
nanojets yesterday, today and tomorrow [Invited]". Optical Materials Express. 7 (6). The Optical Society: 1820. Bibcode:2017OMExp...7.1820L. doi:10.1364/ome
Igor_Minin
State of matter with properties of both conventional liquids and crystals
crystals, began investigating these materials in England in the late 1940s. His group synthesized many new materials that exhibited the liquid crystalline
Liquid_crystal
(nH) materials separated by a subwavelength-scale low-refractive-index (nS) slot region and surrounded by low-refractive-index (nC) cladding materials. The
Slot-waveguide
Optical imaging technique
Confocal microscopy is an optical imaging technique for increasing optical resolution and contrast of a micrograph by means of using a spatial pinhole
Confocal_microscopy
Imaging technique
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a high-resolution imaging technique with most of its applications in medicine and biology. OCT uses coherent near-infrared
Optical_coherence_tomography
Material with a negative refractive index
For example, optical and electromagnetic properties of natural materials are often altered through chemistry. With metamaterials, optical and electromagnetic
Negative-index_metamaterial
Academic journal
Optical Review is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1994 and is published by Springer Science+Business Media in partnership
Optical_Review
Chemical compound
2081. S2CID 122166759. Tong, Xingcun Colin (2013). Advanced Materials for Integrated Optical Waveguides. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 357. ISBN 978-3-319-01550-7
Barium_titanate
Material science measurement method
materials, while the 1988 publication relates to crystalline. Subsequently, in 1991, their work was included as a chapter in The Handbook of Optical Constants
Refractive index and extinction coefficient of thin film materials
Refractive_index_and_extinction_coefficient_of_thin_film_materials
Chemical compound
physio-chemical properties of spin-coated As2Se3 chalcogenide glass films". Optical Materials Express. 2 (12): 1723. Bibcode:2012OMExp...2.1723Z. doi:10.1364/OME.2
Arsenic_triselenide
Sensor that uses optical fiber
electricity or flammable material such as jet fuel. Fiber-optic sensors can be designed to withstand high temperatures as well. Optical fibers can be used as
Fiber-optic_sensor
Device that emits light via optical amplification
A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation. The word
Laser
fluoride (CaF2) can be used as an optical material, although it is easily fractured and scratched. Materials for infrared optical components include zinc selenide
Optical manufacturing and testing
Optical_manufacturing_and_testing
Russian physicist
two: photonic nanojets yesterday, today and tomorrow (Invited). Optical Materials Express 7(6), 1820 (2017). Pham H.-H. N., Hisatake S., Minin O.V., Nagatsuma
Oleg_Minin
Laser using an optical fiber as the active gain medium
Commonwealth English) is a laser in which the active gain medium is an optical fiber doped with rare-earth elements such as erbium, ytterbium, neodymium
Fiber_laser
Glass containing one or more of sulfur, selenium and tellurium
Chalcogenide materials behave rather differently from oxides, in particular their lower band gaps contribute to very dissimilar optical and electrical
Chalcogenide_glass
Neurophotonics Optica Optical Engineering Optics Communications Optics Express Optics Letters Progress in Optics Computational Materials Science Computer Physics
List_of_physics_journals
Optical phenomenon
An optical vortex (also known as a photonic quantum vortex, screw dislocation or phase singularity) is a zero of an optical field; a point of zero intensity
Optical_vortex
Photonic systems which use silicon as an optical medium
the study and application of photonic systems which use silicon as an optical medium. The silicon is usually patterned with sub-micrometre precision
Silicon_photonics
Optical phenomenon
construct devices such as optical isolators (through which light passes in one direction but not the other). Two gyrotropic materials with reversed rotation
Magneto-optic_effect
Computer expansion bus standard
OCuLink (standing for "optical-copper link", as Cu is the chemical symbol for copper) is an extension for the "cable version of PCI Express". Version 1.0 of
PCI_Express
Physical magneto-optical phenomenon
permittivity tensor is diagonal. This effect occurs in most optically transparent dielectric materials (including liquids) under the influence of magnetic fields
Faraday_effect
Microscope that uses visible light
plate to facilitate the study of minerals or other crystalline materials whose optical properties can vary with orientation. Polarizing microscope, similar
Optical_microscope
UK legal case
Optical Express Ltd v Williams [2007] IRLR 936 is a UK labour law case, concerning redundancy. Ms Williams claimed redundancy six weeks into a trial period
Optical Express Ltd v Williams
Optical_Express_Ltd_v_Williams
Energy range in a solid where no electron states exist
gap materials, beyond photonic crystals. By applying the technique in supersymmetric quantum mechanics, a new class of optical disordered materials has
Band_gap
Mathematical formula
complex refractive index of amorphous semiconductor materials at frequencies greater than their optical band gap. The dispersion relation bears the names
Tauc–Lorentz_model
Chemical compound
Er2O3. It is a pink paramagnetic solid. It finds uses in various optical materials. Erbium(III) oxide has a cubic structure resembling the bixbyite motif
Erbium(III)_oxide
Measurement method using interference of waves
technique in the fields of astronomy, fiber optics, engineering, metrology, optical metrology, oceanography, seismology, spectroscopy (and its applications
Interferometry
Concept of this parameter
ratio of two optical power levels of a digital signal generated by an optical source, e.g., a laser diode. The extinction ratio may be expressed as a fraction
Extinction_ratio
Calcium titanium oxide mineral
Double Perovskite Oxides as Energy Materials: A Theoretical Insight from Electronic and Optical Properties". ACS Materials Au. 2 (6): 655–664. doi:10.1021/acsmaterialsau
Perovskite
U.S. technology company
Corp. (formerly II-VI Incorporated) is an American manufacturer of optical materials and semiconductors. As of 2023, the company had 26,622 employees.
Coherent_Corp.
OPTICAL MATERIALS-EXPRESS
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Boy/Male
Hindu
(Maternal uncle of Krishna who usurped the throne from his father, Ugrasena. He was killed by Krishna. Details of his life are found in the Bhagavata Purana.)
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu
A Fragrant Material
Boy/Male
Tamil
Bird, Uncle of kauravas (Younger brother of Gandhari; maternal uncle of Duryodhana; An expert dice player.)
Male
African
materials for building.
Girl/Female
Afghan, Arabic, Indian, Iranian, Latin, Muslim, Parsi, Sindhi
Dry Earth; Detached; Free of Material Things; Noble; Freedom; Princess
Girl/Female
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Lady of Maternal Family
Boy/Male
Hindu
Bird, Uncle of kauravas (Younger brother of Gandhari; maternal uncle of Duryodhana; An expert dice player.)
Girl/Female
Indian
A fragrant material
Girl/Female
Arabic, Assamese, Bengali, Celebrity, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Musk; A Fragrant Material; Earth; Scented with Musk; Scented; Fragrant
Girl/Female
Tamil
Chitragandha | சிதà¯à®°à®•ஂதா
A fragrant material
Chitragandha | சிதà¯à®°à®•ஂதா
Boy/Male
Hindu
Victor in war, A hero, Soldier, Of a king of the kekayas and maternal uncle of Bharata
Girl/Female
Indian
Optional
Boy/Male
Tamil
Yudhajit | யà¯à®¤à®¾à®œà®¿à®¤
Victor in war, A hero, Soldier, Of a king of the kekayas and maternal uncle of Bharata
Yudhajit | யà¯à®¤à®¾à®œà®¿à®¤
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Musk; A Fragrant Material
Boy/Male
Hindu
Victor in war, A hero, Soldier, Of a king of the kekayas and maternal uncle of Bharata
Female
English
(Πνεῦμα) English name derived from Greek pneuma, PNEUMA means "breath," or, metaphorically, a non-material being or influence, i.e. "spirit."
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Material
Girl/Female
Tamil
Chithragandha | சிதà¯à®°à®•ஂதா
A fragrant material
Chithragandha | சிதà¯à®°à®•ஂதா
Boy/Male
Tamil
Yudhajith | யà¯à®¤à®¾à®œà¯€à®¤
Victor in war, A hero, Soldier, Of a king of the kekayas and maternal uncle of Bharata
Yudhajith | யà¯à®¤à®¾à®œà¯€à®¤
Boy/Male
Indian
Maternal Uncle of God Krishna
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Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Truthful
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places called Brandon, in County Durham, Northumbria, Norfolk, Suffolk, Warwickshire, and elsewhere. Most are named with Old English brÅm ‘broom’, ‘gorse’ + dÅ«n ‘hill’. One in Lincolnshire, however, may be named with the Brant river, on which it stands; Ekwall derives the river name from Old English brant ‘steep’, presumably with reference to its steep banks.Irish (Kerry) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Breandáin ‘son of Breandán’.French : from the Old French oblique case of the personal name Brand, of Germanic origin (see Brand 1).
Girl/Female
German, Greek
From the High Tower; Place Name
Boy/Male
Anglo, Arabic
Entire Universe; Earth
Girl/Female
African, Arabic, Bengali, German, Ghana, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Latin, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Parsi, Portuguese, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sikh, Sindhi, Telugu
Supernatural Power; Love; Alike; Similar; Name of a God; Affection; Psychic Gifts
Girl/Female
Indian
God is gracious
Boy/Male
Tamil
Cowherd
Boy/Male
Tamil
Faith
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lotus
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Attitude
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a.
Of or pertaining to a vortex or vortexes; resembling a vortex in form or motion; whirling; as, a vortical motion.
n.
An optical glass; a telescope.
a.
Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular; as, the optic nerves (the first pair of cranial nerves) which are distributed to the retina. See Illust. of Brain, and Eye.
a.
Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.
adv.
By optics or sight; with reference to optics.
n.
Material substances in the aggregate; matter.
n.
Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.
a.
Alt. of Optical
a.
One skilled in optics.
a.
Of or pertaining to vision or sight.
a.
Expressed in metrical form; exhibiting the imaginative or the rhythmical quality of poetry; as, a poetical composition; poetical prose.
a.
Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option; left to one's discretion or choice; not compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay.
a.
One who deals in optical glasses and instruments.
a.
Relating to the science of optics; as, optical works.
n.
The tendency to give undue importance to material interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants.
n.
That in a complex system which constitutes the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; as, the baggage, munitions, provisions, etc., of an army; or the buildings, libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers.
adv.
In an important manner or degree; essentaily; as, it materially concern us to know the real motives of our actions.
a.
Belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance of the kidney.
a.
See Material.
a.
Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.