OPTICAL in a Sentence

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For OPTICAL, below is one of 12 sentences:
At the time I will confess that I thought chiefly of the Philosophical Transactions and my own seventeen papers upon physical optics.

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 Meanings and Examples of OPTICAL
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optical
 a.  of or relating to or involving light or optics
Classic Sentence:
1  Cosette was by his side, she seemed to be his; an optical illusion which every one has experienced.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER I—A DRINKER IS A BABBLER
2  He believed in the straight line; a respectable optical illusion which ruins many a man.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER I—IN WHICH THE TREE WITH THE ZINC PLASTER APPEARS...
3  Once there appeared a strange optical effect: when he stood between me and the flame he did not obstruct it, for I could see its ghostly flicker all the same.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
4  Yet those same bleared optics had a strange, penetrating power, when it was their owner's purpose to read the human soul.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In II. THE MARKET-PLACE
5  At the time I will confess that I thought chiefly of the Philosophical Transactions and my own seventeen papers upon physical optics.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In VIII
Example Sentence:
1  Sloping walls on the bulk of the building create an optical illusion.
2  Others use optical detectors, which seem to respond more quickly to smoke from smouldering fires such as those involving upholstered furniture.
3  Another scientist might have proposed a modification in the optical theory governing the operation of the telescopes used in the investigation.
4  His doctor checked the optical axis of the eye very carefully.
5  If such materials became generally available to the optics industry the payoffs from such a breakthrough would be enormous.
6  The use of fibre optics has served to increase the volume and speed of data transmission.
7  Einstein's new theory on optics changed classical scientific ideas about light.