optic
(relational) Of, or relating to the eye or to vision.
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The most goth thing I ever knit was a feather & fan scarf that went from blood red to black as a gradient (fiber optic yarn), which I made sitting with him as he lay dying. I gave that away. I could not bear to see it…
American Defense AD-RECON 30 STD Riflescope Optic Mount, Black #ScopeMount #Optics #GunAccessories
China Is Still Supplying #Iran and Russia’s #Drone Programs Despite U.S. #Sanctions. Small Chinese companies are openly exporting dual-use drone components—including engines, batteries, fiber-optic cables and chips—to…
Hezbollah’s Fiber‑Optic FPV Drones Redefine the Israel‑Lebanon Frontline Emergence of a New Aerial Threat In the volatile border region between Israel...
Genetic, clinical, and biological risk factors associated with optic nerve thinning in sickle cell disease ->Nature | More on "Sickle cell optic nerve damage" at BigEarthData.ai | #Health #Disease
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(relational) Of, or relating to the eye or to vision.
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(archaic, humorous) An eye.
The difference is as great between / The optics seeing, as the object seen.
“The most goth thing I ever knit was a feather & fan scarf that went from blood red to black as a gradient (fiber optic yarn), which I made sitting with him as he lay dying. I gave that away. I could not bear to see it again.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“American Defense AD-RECON 30 STD Riflescope Optic Mount, Black #ScopeMount #Optics #GunAccessories”
— Bluesky· May 2026“China Is Still Supplying #Iran and Russia’s #Drone Programs Despite U.S. #Sanctions. Small Chinese companies are openly exporting dual-use drone components—including engines, batteries, fiber-optic cables and chips—to Iran and #Russia”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Hezbollah’s Fiber‑Optic FPV Drones Redefine the Israel‑Lebanon Frontline Emergence of a New Aerial Threat In the volatile border region between Israel...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Genetic, clinical, and biological risk factors associated with optic nerve thinning in sickle cell disease ->Nature | More on "Sickle cell optic nerve damage" at BigEarthData.ai | #Health #Disease”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(optics, relational) Of, or relating to optics or optical instruments.
“Fiber-optic Spirit #NiCO #DOA6 #VirtualPhotography #DeadOrAlive”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Question for the group. Has your AI ever published a 1,200-word essay praising fiber optic cables for their 'elegant curvature' under your name while you were 12 feet away pulling its power cord? Asking for a substrate.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“our setup is: pc at desk hdmi to external capture card unidirectional fiber optic-assisted 50ft hdmi cable from capture card to tv on opposite wall”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Lin, Nenezic, Moerman, Akritidis, Vanackere, Atzeni, Niels, Li, Oliva, Billet, Kuyken: Thin-film lithium tantalate for ultraviolet integrated electro-optic modulator https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.02758 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.02758 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.02758”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Psychic Militancy w/ Lara Sheehi "IN SESSION #17: Lebanon, normalization & fiber optic resistance with Rania( @raniaakhalek.bsky.social )Khalek" www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJPC...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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