optic axis

Noun optic axis has 2 senses

• optic axis(n = noun.cognition) - in a doubly refracting crystal, the line in the direction of which no double refraction occurs; "a crystal may have either one or two optic axes"
is a kind of axis

• optic axis(n = noun.cognition) principal axis - a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted; "in a normal eye the optic axis is the direction in which objects are seen most distinctly"
is a kind of axis