optime (optime)

[L. optime, very well (as optime meren(t-)s, very well deserving), All candidates for Cla ical Honors are first obliged to obtain a place among the Junior Optimés [if not higher] -that is to say, in the third cla of the three into which the Mathematical Tripos is divided. C. A. Bristed, English University, p. 85. po e an optical center. Optical circle, in physics, a graduated circle, fitted with the nece ary appliances, used for illustrating the laws of refraction and reflection, or, when accurately constructed, for measuring interfacial angles, refractive indices, etc.- Optical densimeter, equation, gla , meteorology, square, etc. See the nouns. Syn. See optic. optically (op'ti-kal-i), adv. As regards sight or the laws of sight; in accordance with or with reference to the science of optics or the use of optical instruments; by optical means. - Optically active substance. See active.