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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. branch of optics dealing with formation of images by mirrors;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Anacamptics \An`a*camp"tics\, n. 1. The science of reflected light, now called catoptrics. [1913 Webster] 2. The science of reflected sounds. [1913 Webster] Anacanthini
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

catoptrics n 1: branch of optics dealing with formation of images by mirrors