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adjective
Binocular  adj.  
1.
Having two eyes. "Most animals are binocular."
2.
Pertaining to both eyes; employing both eyes at once; as, binocular vision.
3.
Adapted to the use of both eyes; as, a binocular microscope or telescope.





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"Binocular" Quotes from Famous Books



... I. But I soon doubted Watkins's opinion—in the first place, because the woman's dress did not look like that of a peasant woman; and, secondly, because she went into the house, appeared again, and levelled at us what was, if I mistook not, a large pair of binocular glasses. Now, such things were not likely to be in the possession of the peasants of Neopalia. Then she suddenly retreated, and through the silence of those still slopes we heard the door of ...
— McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 • Various
... he was awarded the Royal Medal of the Royal Society for his explanation of binocular vision, a research which led him to construct the stereoscope. He showed that our impression of solidity is gained by the combination in the mind of two separate pictures of an object taken by both of our eyes from different points of view. Thus, in the stereoscope, an arrangement of lenses ...
— Heroes of the Telegraph • J. Munro
... below, fetched up his binocular, and fell into a silent perusal of the sea-line: I also, with my unaided eyesight. Little by little, in that white waste of water, I began to make out a quarter where the whiteness appeared more condensed: the sky above was whitish ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson
... signs of further increase. Two reasons suggest themselves. One is that the two eyes have not quite the same function, since they are directed to slightly-different aspects of each object looked at; and, since the resulting binocular vision has an advantage over monocular vision, there results a check upon further approach towards identity of function and unity of structure. The other reason is that the interposed structures do not admit of any nearer approach. ...
— Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I • Herbert Spencer


Words linked to "Binocular" :   eye, binocular vision, binocular microscope


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