optical

adj.

1. Of or relating to sight; visual: an optical defect.
2. Designed to assist sight: optical instruments.
3. Of or relating to optics.
4. Relating to or using visible light: optical astronomy.
5. Using light-sensitive devices.

optically op'ti·cal·ly adv.

adjective

Serving, resulting from, or relating to the sense of sight: optic, visual. See see/not see.

• Active: '90s
• Genres: Electronica
• Instrument: Producer
• Representative Songs: "Funktion," "To Shape the Future," "Grey Odyssey"

Biography

Matt Quinn's recordings as Optical skirt the atmospheric side of neuro-funk drum'n'bass, the paranoid musings of a handful of industrial-strength British producers like Ed Rush, Source Direct and Quinn's brother Jamie, who records as Matrix. Jamie and Matt began releasing singles on their own Metro Records from a West London base, with Matrix's "Double Vision" alongside Optical's "Shining" as the label's opening shots. Optical recorded for a half-dozen other imprints as well, including Goldie's Metalheadz and Grooverider's Prototype. The producer's two contributions to those labels (respectively, "To Shape the Future" and "Grey Odyssey") raised his profile considerably after gaining re-release on CD compilations -- Goldie's Platinum Breakz II and Grooverider's The Prototype Years. He had already earned a reputation as one of the most hotly tipped producers of 1997 when another classic single for Prototype, "Moving 808s," hit big late that year.

By 1998, Quinn had been tapped to contribute his engineering expertise to two of the most hyped jungle LPs of the year -- Goldie's SaturnzReturn (replacing Rob Playford) and Grooverider's Mysteries of Funk. He also earned co-production credits on Dom & Roland's Industry, and continued to release single after single of intense, Predator-styled drum'n'bass. After forming his own label, Virus, with No-U-Turn Records don Ed Rush, he was co-billed with Rush on a five-LP set titled Wormhole, the first full-length to actually carry Optical's name. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - optisk, syns-

idioms:

• optical character recognition    OCR, optisk tegnlæsning
• optical disc    laserdisk
• optical fibre    optisk fiber
• optical glass    optisk glas
• optical illusion    synsbedrag
• optical mouse    optisk mus
• optical scanner    optisk scanner

Nederlands (Dutch)
optisch

Français (French)
adj. - optique

idioms:

• optical character recognition    reconnaissance optique des caractères
• optical disc    disque optique
• optical fibre    fibre optique
• optical glass    verre optique
• optical illusion    illusion optique
• optical mouse    (Comput) souris optique
• optical scanner    scanner optique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - optisch

idioms:

• optical character recognition    (Comp) optische Zeichenerkennung
• optical disc    optische Schallplatte, optische Magnetplatte
• optical fibre    Lichtleitfaser
• optical glass    sehr reines Glas, das für Linsen u.ä. benutzt wird
• optical illusion    optische Täuschung
• optical mouse    optische Maus
• optical scanner    optischer Scanner

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - οπτικός

idioms:

• optical character recognition    οπτική αναγνώριση χαρακτήρων
• optical disc    οπτικός δίσκος
• optical fibre    οπτική ίνα
• optical glass    γυαλί (για την κατασκευή φακών σε γυαλιά μυωπίας κλπ.)
• optical illusion    οφθαλμαπάτη, οπτική απάτη
• optical mouse    (Η/Υ) οπτικό ποντίκι
• optical scanner    (Η/Υ) οπτικός σαρωτής

Italiano (Italian)
ottico

idioms:

• optical fibre    fibra ottica
• optical glass    lente
• optical illusion    illusione ottica

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - óptico

idioms:

• optical fibre    fibra óptica
• optical glass    vidro óptico
• optical illusion    ilusão de óptica

Русский (Russian)
оптический

idioms:

• optical fibre    оптико-волоконный кабель
• optical glass    оптическое стекло
• optical illusion    оптическая иллюзия

Español (Spanish)
adj. - óptico, visual, ocular

idioms:

• optical character recognition    reconocimiento del carácter óptico
• optical disc    disco óptico
• optical fibre    fibra óptica
• optical glass    vidrio óptico
• optical illusion    ilusión óptica
• optical mouse    ratón óptico
• optical scanner    escáner óptico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - optisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
眼睛的, 光学的, 视觉的

idioms:

• optical character recognition    光学字符辨识
• optical disc    光盘
• optical fibre    光学纤维, 光纤
• optical glass    光学玻璃
• optical illusion    视错觉, 错觉
• optical mouse    光学鼠标
• optical scanner    光扫描器

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 眼睛的, 光學的, 視覺的

idioms:

• optical character recognition    光學字元辨識
• optical disc    光碟
• optical fibre    光學纖維, 光纖
• optical glass    光學玻璃
• optical illusion    視錯覺, 錯覺
• optical mouse    光學滑鼠
• optical scanner    光掃描器

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 눈의, 빛의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 眼の, 視覚の, 視力を助ける, 光学上の

idioms:

• optical fibre    光ファイバー
• optical glass    光学ガラス
• optical illusion    目の錯覚

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بصري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ראייתי, אופטי, חזותי‬

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optical	Optical Scanner
Optical Resolution	Optical Mouse