photics
/ˈfəʊtɪks/rare
noun
The branch of science concerned with the properties and phenomena of light (distinguished from optics when that term is used in relation to sight). Formerly also: (collect. plural) †devices and apparatus for providing illumination ( obsolete ).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Mayne (1808–1868). From photic: see -ic.
- get (or keep) one's eye in
- get (or keep) one's hand in
- get (or keep) the show on the road
- get (or lay)one's hands on
- get (or pull) one's finger out
- get (or put) someone's back up
- get (or receive) one's just deserts
- get (or sink) one's teeth into
- get (or start) off on the right (or wrong) foot
- get (or stick) the knife into (or in) someone
- get (or take) a rise out of
- get (or take or have) the bit between (or in) one's teeth
- get (or take or have) the measure of
- get out
- get out of
- get out of bed on the wrong side (or get up on the wrong side of the bed)
- (get) out of my sight!
- get out of someone's face
- get outside of
- get over
- get over oneself
- get physical
- get real!
- get religion
- get-rich-quick