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

/ 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

• ˌstereoˈscopically, adverb

Other Words From

• stere·o·scopi·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of stereoscopic¹

First recorded in 1850–55; stereoscope + -ic

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.

From MIT Technology Review

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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