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bin⋅oc⋅u⋅lar

  [buh-nok-yuh-ler, bahy-]
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–noun
1. Usually, binoculars. Also called pair of binoculars, prism binoculars. an optical device, providing good depth effect, for use with both eyes, consisting of two small telescopes fitted together side by side, each telescope having two prisms between the eyepiece and objective for erecting the image.
–adjective
2. involving both eyes: binocular vision.
Origin:
1705–15; bin- + ocular

Related forms:
bin⋅oc⋅u⋅lar⋅i⋅ty, noun
bin⋅oc⋅u⋅lar⋅ly, adverb
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bin·oc·u·lar   (bə-nŏk'yə-lər, bī-)   


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adj.  

  1. Relating to, used by, or involving both eyes at the same time: binocular vision.

  2. Having two eyes arranged to produce stereoscopic vision.

n.  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 with a single focusing device. Often used in the plural.
bin·oc'u·lar'i·ty (-lār'ĭ-tē) n., bin·oc'u·lar·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

binocular 
1738, "involving both eyes," from Fr. binoculaire, from L. bini "double" + ocularis "of the eye," from oculus "eye." The double-tubed telescopic instrument (1871, short for binocular glass) earlier was called a binocle (1696).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1bin·oc·u·lar
Pronunciation: bI-'näk-y&-l&r, b&-
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, using,or adapted to the use of both eyes binocular infection> <binocular vision> binocular microscope> —bin·oc·u·lar·ly /bI-'näk-y&-l&r-lE, b&-/ adverb

Main Entry: 2bin·oc·u·lar
Pronunciation: b&-'näk-y&-l&r, bI-
Function: noun
: a binocular optical instrument
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

binocular bin·oc·u·lar (bə-nŏk'yə-lər, bī-)
adj.
Adapted to the use of both eyes. Used of an optical instrument.

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