binocular en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /(ˌ)baɪˈnɑ.kjə.lɚ/ (US)
- /bɪˈnɔkjʊlə/ (UK)
- /bəˈnɑ.kjə.lɚ/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from French binoculaire.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Using two eyes or viewpoints; especially, using two eyes or viewpoints to ascertain distance.
a binocular microscope or telescope
our perception of distance arises from the geometry of binocular vision and our early learning seems based on calculating probabilities.
2013 July 9, Joselle DiNunzio Kehoe, “Cognition, brains and Riemann”, in plus.maths.org, retrieved 08 Sep 2013:Most animals are binocular.
1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC:
Deriveds
binocular O · binocular vision · stereobinocular · binocularity · binoculared · binocularly · binoscope
Translations (12)
pt binocular (using two eyes or viewpoints) · pl binokularny (using two eyes or viewpoints) · ga déshúileach (using two eyes or viewpoints) · ru бинокуля́рный (using two eyes or viewpoints) · de beidäugig (using two eyes or viewpoints) · it binoculare (using two eyes or viewpoints) · de binokular (using two eyes or viewpoints) · fr binoculaire (using two eyes or viewpoints) · fi binokulaarinen (using two eyes or viewpoints) · gd dà-shùileach (using two eyes or viewpoints) · fi kaksiokulaarinen (using two eyes or viewpoints) · pl binokularowy (using two eyes or viewpoints)