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<p>The word <a href="page.php?w=optics">optics</a> is derived from the <a href="page.php?w=Greek_language">Greek</a> term <i>?? ??????</i> meaning 'appearance, look'. Optics was significantly reformed by the developments in the <a href="page.php?w=Islamic_Golden_Age">medieval Islamic world</a>, such as the beginnings of physical and physiological optics, and then significantly advanced in <a href="page.php?w=early_modern_Europe">early modern Europe</a>, where <a href="page.php?w=Diffraction">diffractive optics</a> began. These earlier studies on</p><p>
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