Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to, used by, or involving both eyes at the same time.
- adjective Having two eyes arranged to produce stereoscopic vision.
- noun An optical device, such as a pair of field glasses or opera glasses, designed for simultaneous use by both eyes and consisting of two small telescopes joined together.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An optical instrument, such as a field-glass, with two objectives and two eyepieces, adjusted so as to permit the simultaneous use of both eyes. The word binocular has almost entirely supplanted the older and grammatically preferable form binocle.
- Having two eyes: as, “most animals are binocular,” Also
binoculate . - Referring to both eyes; suited for the simultaneous use of both eyes: as, a binocular telescope or microscope.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having two eyes.
- adjective Pertaining to both eyes; employing both eyes at once.
- adjective Adapted to the use of both eyes.
- noun A binocular glass, whether opera glass, telescope, or microscope.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Using two
eyes or viewpoints; especially, using two eyes or viewpoints to ascertain distance. - noun attributive form of
binoculars - noun A pair of
binoculars . - noun dated Any binocular
glass , such as anopera glass ,telescope , ormicroscope .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to both eyes
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Examples
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Meaning it's a well made binocular from a company that established its name as a maker of binoculars.
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The study consisted of two experiments designed around a visual phenomenon called "binocular rivalry," in which one image is shown to one eye and a different image is simultaneously displayed to the other eye.
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"Each camera gets a slightly different view, and that creates what's called binocular disparity," says Ahna Girshick, a vision researcher at New York University.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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"Each camera gets a slightly different view, and that creates what's called binocular disparity," says Ahna Girshick, a vision researcher at New York University.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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"Each camera gets a slightly different view, and that creates what's called binocular disparity," says Ahna Girshick, a vision researcher at New York University.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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"Each camera gets a slightly different view, and that creates what's called binocular disparity," says Ahna Girshick, a vision researcher at New York University.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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"Each camera gets a slightly different view, and that creates what's called binocular disparity," says Ahna Girshick, a vision researcher at New York University.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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To determine what influence smells do have on visual processing, Zhou and her colleagues presented subjects with two different visual images (a rose or two Sharpie markers), one to each eye -- a test known as binocular rivalry.
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To determine what influence smells do have on visual processing, Zhou and her colleagues presented subjects with two different visual images (a rose or two Sharpie markers), one to each eye -- a test known as binocular rivalry.
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Normally, both your eyes work together equally when you look at an object, to produce what's called binocular vision.
Next Big Future 2009
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