Catonsville
a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
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the branch of optics dealing with the formation of images by mirrors. Historical Examples noun (functioning as sing) the branch of optics concerned with reflection, esp the formation of images by mirrors adj. “pertaining to mirrors or a mirror,” 1774, from Latinized form of Greek katoptrikos, from katoptron “mirror,” from kata- “against” (see cata-) + […]
- Catoptrics
the branch of optics dealing with the formation of images by mirrors. Historical Examples noun (functioning as sing) the branch of optics concerned with reflection, esp the formation of images by mirrors
- Catoptromancy
n. “divination by means of a mirror,” 1610s, from Latinized comb. form of Greek katoptron “mirror” (see catoptric) + -mancy. Historical Examples
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