'Catoptrics' definitions:
Definition of 'catoptrics'
(from WordNet)
noun
Branch of optics dealing with formation of images by mirrors
Definition of 'Catoptrics'
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]