English Dictionary
◊ OPTIC
optic
adj 1: of or relating to or resembling the eye; "ocular muscles";
"an ocular organ"; "ocular diseases"; "the optic (or
optical) axis of the eye"; "an ocular spot is a
pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to
light" [syn: {ocular}, {optical}, {opthalmic}]
2: relating to or using sight; "ocular inspection"; "an optical
illusion"; "visual powers"; "visual navigation" [syn: {ocular},
{optical}, {visual}]
n : the organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye')
[syn: {eye}, {oculus}, {peeper}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN ONTIC?
Ontic
{Object-oriented} language for an {inference
system} with a {Lisp}-like appearance, but based on set
theory.
["Ontic: A Knowledge Representation System for Mathematics",
D.A. McAllester, MIT Press 1989].
(1996-06-24)