horopter

American

[huh-rop-ter, haw-] / həˈrɒp tər, hɔ- /

noun

Ophthalmology.

a projection of the points in the visual field corresponding to the aggregate of points registering on the two retinas.

horopter British

/ hɒˈrɒptə /

noun

optics the locus of all points in space that stimulate points on each eye that yield the same visual direction as each other

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Other Word Forms

horopteric

adjective

Etymology

Origin of horopter

1695–1705; < Greek hór ( os ) boundary + optḗr one that looks

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