Definition of Binocular vision

1. Noun. Vision involving the use of both eyes.

Generic synonyms: Sight, Vision, Visual Modality, Visual Sense
Specialized synonyms: Stereoscopic Vision, Stereoscopy

Definition of Binocular vision

1. Noun. (physiology) A vision system in which two eyes work together to produce a unified field of view which is wider and stereoscopic, and in which objects can be more readily discerned. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Binocular vision

1. Vision with a single image, by both eyes simultaneously. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Binocular Vision

binners
binnies
binning
binny
bino
binocle
binocles
binocs
binocular
binocular fixation
binocular heterochromia
binocular microscope
binocular ophthalmoscope
binocular parallax
binocular rivalry
binocular vision (current term)
binoculared
binocularities
binocularity
binocularly
binoculars
binoculate
binodal
binomen
binomial
binomial coefficient
binomial coefficients
binomial distribution
binomial distributions
binomial name

Literary usage of Binocular vision

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. 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, ..."

2. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1911)
"binocular vision.—The fact of a person's seeing single with two eyes may be ... If there was binocular vision before, two images would now necessarily be ..."

3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1858)
"Part I. On some remarkable and hitherto unobserved Phenomena of binocular vision. By CHARLES WHEATSTONE, FRS Philos. Transact. 1838. 2. ..."

4. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"Experiments on binocular vision. Difference between the images in the two eyes. Stereoscopic figures and appearance of solidity. Retinal rivalry. ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1853)
"2. Contributions to the Physiology of Vision.— On some remarkable and hitherto unobserved phenomena of binocular vision. By CHARLES WHEAT- STONE, ..."

6. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1900)
"Our ordinary vision is, however, carried out by means of two eyes, our vision is binocular not monocular; and to the characters of this binocular vision we ..."

7. Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting by American Ophthalmological Society (1890)
"NEW TESTS FOR binocular vision. JA LIPPINCOTT, MD, PITTSBURGH, PA. Tests for binocular vision are of two classes: 1st, those for determining the presence or ..."

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