'anacamptics' definitions:

Definition of 'anacamptics'

From: GCIDE

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. [1913 Webster]