optodynamics

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der.

Ancient Greek ὄπωπᾰ (ópōpă)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τός (-tós)

Ancient Greek ὀπτός (optós)der.

English opto-

Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.

Proto-Hellenic *dunamai

Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)

Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis)

Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)

Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)lbor.

French dynamiqueder.

English dynamic

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

Old English -as

Middle English -es

English -s

English -ics

English dynamics

English optodynamics

From opto- + dynamics.

Noun

optodynamics (uncountable)

1. (physics) A range of dynamic measurement techniques that use small lasers.
   • 2002, S. Strgar, J. Možina, “An optodynamic method for the real-time determination of the depth of a laser-drilled hole”, in Applied Physics A, volume 74, →DOI, page 321:

     As a result, laser beam interaction with a material is a complex phenomenon that cannot be treated as a simple thermal process; rather, we must look upon it as an optodynamic process. Optodynamics combines a study of thermal and other effects that are optically induced by laser light; in particular, it relates to the dynamics of material removed and the generation of acoustic waves.