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Definition of Binocular
1. Adjective. Relating to both eyes. "Binocular vision"
Definition of Binocular
1. a. Having two eyes.
2. n. A binocular glass, whether opera glass, telescope, or microscope.
Definition of Binocular
1. Adjective. Using two eyes or viewpoints; especially, using two eyes or viewpoints to ascertain distance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Binocular
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Binocular
1. 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. Origin: Cf. F. Binoculaire. See Binocle. A binocular glass, whether opera glass, telescope, or microscope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Binocular
Literary usage of Binocular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"Mr. Wenham's binocular, when employed with powers below about one- half inch,
... The Wenham binocular, like the original binocular of Dr. Ki.ld. ..."
2. The Microscope and Its Revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter (1883)
"Crouch's Student's binocular.—This instrument (Plate in.) was devised at a time
when the construction of the binocular was still almost exclusively confined ..."
3. Text-book of ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1892)
"binocular VISION.—The fact of a person's seeing single with two eyes may be
accomplished in two ways. Either he fixes correctly with both eyes and refers to ..."
4. How to Work with the Microscope by Lionel Smith Beale (1870)
"The binocular is applicable to almost every kind of microscopical research, ...
The binocular should be a separate microscope altogether, or it should be ..."
5. A Text-book of Physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1907)
"But the two fields overlap for a portion of their extent, and this overlapping
area constitutes the field of binocular vision (see Fig. 151). ..."
6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1903)
"Observations on ' Flicker' in binocular Vision. ... this is true particularly
and peculiarly for their areas that are conjugate in binocular vision, ..."
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