binocular vision

American  

[bahy-nahk-yuh-ler vizh-uhn, buh-nahk-] / baɪˈnɑk yə lər ˈvɪʒ ən, bəˈnɑk- /

noun

1. Biology. stereoscopic vision involving two eyes, as in humans.

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binocular vision Scientific  

1. Vision that incorporates images from two eyes simultaneously. The slight differences between the two images—seen from slightly different positions—make it possible to perceive distances between objects in what is known as depth perception.

2. Also called stereoscopic vision

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Example Sentences

The chances of it being completely corrected would have been much higher if her condition had been caught earlier, said Connolly, chief of pediatric and binocular vision service at Indiana University’s School of Optometry.

From Washington Post • Jun. 5, 2022

Its eyes protrude from either side of its skull so, unlike most modern predators, this dinosaur did not have binocular vision.

From Nature • Mar. 10, 2020

Watching college football can seem to require binocular vision, overlapping fields of view that create the spectacle of depth.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 14, 2020

Depth perception does rely on binocular vision, but it also uses many other monocular cues.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

There may be some convergent evolution because there may be only one best solution to a certain environmental problem— something like two eyes, for example, for binocular vision at optical frequencies.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan