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stereoscopic

[ ster-ee-uh-skop-ik, steer- ]

adjective

  1. noting or pertaining to three-dimensional vision or any of various processes and devices for giving the illusion of depth from two-dimensional images or reproductions, as of a photograph or motion picture.
  2. of, relating to, or characterized by a stereoscope or stereoscopy.


stereoscopic

/ ˌstɪər-; ˌstɛrɪəˈskɒpɪk /

adjective

  1. of, concerned with, or relating to seeing space three-dimensionally as a result of binocular disparity

    stereoscopic vision

  2. of, relating to, or formed by a stereoscope
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌstereoˈscopically, adverb
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Other Words From

  • stere·o·scopi·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stereoscopic1

First recorded in 1850–55; stereoscope + -ic
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Example Sentences

The stereoscopic camera captures high-resolution footage from two slightly different angles, creating a three-dimensional map of the ribbon-shaped leaves sprouting from the seafloor.

Three inches is the separation of the lenses in stereoscopic cameras and the negatives made as above will be the same.

And while we were eating, Mr. Ebell fixed up his apparatus and took a very good stereoscopic picture of the party.

Seen by another beside ourselves, our castles in the air take on something of the substance of stereoscopic sight.

I send you two or three photographs; they are very poor, and not stereoscopic as I intended.

The stereoscopic effects and the faithful reproduction of the delicate atmospheric shading in the photographs are remarkable.

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