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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Catoptrics \Ca*top"trics\, n. [Cf. F. catoptrique See {Catropric}.] (Physics) 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: catoptrics n : branch of optics dealing with formation of images by mirrors
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