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.

Origin of stereoscopic

1
First recorded in 1850–55; stereoscope + -ic
  • Sometimes ster·e·o·scop·i·cal .

Other words from stereoscopic

  • ster·e·o·scop·i·cal·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for stereoscopic

stereoscopic

/ (ˌstɛrɪəˈskɒpɪk, ˌstɪər-) /


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

Derived forms of stereoscopic

  • stereoscopically, adverb

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