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optic axis
| optic chiasm
| optic chiasma
| optic cup
| optic disc
| optic disk
optic axis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun optic axis has 2 senses
- optic axis(n = noun.cognition) Array - in a doubly refracting crystal, the line in the direction of which no double refraction occurs; "a crystal may have either one or two optic axes" is a kind of axis
- optic axis(n = noun.cognition) principal axis - a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted; "in a normal eye the optic axis is the direction in which objects are seen most distinctly" is a kind of axis
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