Both Uses of
optic
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Hence a thousand optical illusions, a thousand aberrations of judgment, a thousand deviations, in which his thought strayed, now mad, now idiotic.†
Chpt 1.4.3 *
- And, by virtue of an optical illusion peculiar to judicial proceedings, these same spectators who had, probably, more than once applauded in the public square Djali's innocent magic were terrified by it beneath the roof of the Palais de Justice.†
Chpt 2.8.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(optic) relating to sight or light
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, optics can be used as a noun to denote a lens -- such as is found in a microscope or camera.