Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
branch of optics dealing with formation of images by mirrors;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Anacamptics \An`a*camp"tics\, n.
1. The science of reflected light, now called catoptrics.
[1913 Webster]
2. The science of reflected sounds.
[1913 Webster] Anacanthini
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Catoptrics \Ca*top"trics\, n. [Cf. F. catoptrique. See
Catropric.] (Physics)
That part of optics which explains the properties and
phenomena of reflected light, and particularly that which is
reflected from mirrors or polished bodies; -- formerly called
anacamptics.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
catoptrics
n 1: branch of optics dealing with formation of images by
mirrors