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See
Optic.] That branch of physical science which treats of
the nature and properties of light, the laws of its modification by
opaque and transparent bodies, and the phenomena of vision.

Op"ti*graph (?), n. [Optic +
-graph: cf. F. opticographe. See Optic,
a. ] A telescope with a diagonal eyepiece,
suspended vertically in gimbals by the object end beneath a fixed
diagonal plane mirror. It is used for delineating landscapes, by
means of a pencil at the eye end which leaves the delineation on
paper.

Op"ti*ma*cy (?), n. [Cf. F.
optimatie. See Optimate.]

1. Government by the nobility. [R.]
Howell.

2. Collectively, the nobility. [R.]

Op"ti*mate (?), a. [L. optimas,
-atis, adj., optimates, n. pl., the adherents of the
best men, the aristocrats, fr. optimus the best.] Of or
pertaining to the nobility or aristocracy. [R.] --
n. A nobleman or aristocrat; a chief man in a
state or city.

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