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binocular
[ buh-nok-yuh-ler, bahy- ]
noun
- Usually binoculars. Also called pair of binoculars, an optical device, providing good depth effect, for use with both eyes, consisting of two small telescopes fitted together side by side, each telescope having two prisms between the eyepiece and objective for erecting the image.
adjective
- involving both eyes:
binocular vision.
binocular
/ baɪ-; bɪˈnɒkjʊlə /
adjective
- involving, relating to, seeing with or intended for both eyes
binocular vision
binocular
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Adjective
- Relating to or involving both eyes at once, as in binocular vision.
Noun
- An optical device, such as a pair of field glasses, consisting of two small telescopes, designed for use by both eyes at once. Often used in the plural as binoculars.
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of binocular1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of binocular1
Example Sentences
Ms. Rosenberg is easily identifiable thanks to a binocular contraption she straps around her head, which is attached to bifocal lenses that allow her to quickly turn between the judge’s magnified expression and her sketches.
A popular one involves binocular rivalry: if different images are shown to a person’s left and right eye, their conscious perception flips between them.
By the end of the month, Mars gives us a binocular treat as it moves through the stars of the loose star cluster known as “The Beehive†in the center of Cancer’s stars.
The students don’t have smartphones, he says, and “wouldn’t have seen a binocular in real life.â€
The chances of it being completely corrected would have been much higher if her condition had been caught earlier, said Connolly, chief of pediatric and binocular vision service at Indiana University’s School of Optometry.
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