the scientific study of light and the way we see 光学
nGRAMMAR: Singular or plural verb?
Optics is followed by a singular verb:
Optics is a branch of physics.
Examples from the Corpus
optics• Currently, there are more than 4,500 opticsworkers at Tucson's 136 opticfirms.• Heat had intimatelinks with chemistry, and optics with astronomy.• All the substrates and optics for Mr Urvill's telescope were made here.• But fiberoptics may change all that.• It was into bioengineering, lasers, fiber optics.• His optics are internationally recognised to be of the highest quality.• About 25 percent of these are New Economy companies, with only five involved directly in optics.• When we calculate the uncertainty in position, Ax, we use formulae for resolving power which are derived from waveoptics.