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Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behaviour, manipulation, and detection of electromagnetic radiation, including its interactions with matter and instruments that use or detect it. Optics usually describes the behaviour of visible, ultraviolet, and infrared light.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optics | is a | branch of physics that studies the behaviour | 0.90 | text |
| Optics | is a | more comprehensive model of light | 0.90 | text |
| diffraction | instance of | which includes wave effects | 0.80 | text |
| interference that cannot be accounted for in geometric optics | instance of | which includes wave effects | 0.80 | text |
| beam radiation therapy | instance of | especially in radiographic methods | 0.80 | text |
| CT scans | instance of | especially in radiographic methods | 0.80 | text |
| and in the physiological optical fields of ophthalmology | instance of | especially in radiographic methods | 0.80 | text |
| optometry | instance of | especially in radiographic methods | 0.80 | text |
| the Nimrud lens | instance of | as do Assyrian lenses | 0.80 | text |
| lunar | instance of | and the optical explanations of astronomical phenomena | 0.80 | text |
| solar eclipses | instance of | and the optical explanations of astronomical phenomena | 0.80 | text |
| astronomical parallax | instance of | and the optical explanations of astronomical phenomena | 0.80 | text |
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