ocular

[ ok-yuh-ler ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or for the eyes:

   ocular movements.

2. of the nature of an eye:

   an ocular organ.

3. performed or perceived by the eye or eyesight.

noun

1. Optics. eyepiece.

ocular

/ ˈɒkjʊlə /

adjective

1. of or relating to the eye

noun

1. another name for eyepiece

ocular

/ ŏk′yə-lər /

Adjective

1. Of or relating to the eye or the sense of vision.

Noun

1. The eyepiece of a microscope, telescope, or other optical instrument.

Derived Forms

• ˈocularly, adverb

Other Words From

• ocu·lar·ly adverb
• pre·ocu·lar adjective
• sub·ocu·lar adjective
• sub·ocu·lar·ly adverb
• super·ocu·lar adjective
• super·ocu·lar·ly adverb
• trans·ocu·lar adjective
• un·ocu·lar adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ocular¹

1565–75; < Latin oculāris, equivalent to ocul ( us ) eye + -āris -ar ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of ocular¹

C16: from Latin oculāris from oculus eye

Example Sentences

That stands for spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome.

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He has obsessive-compulsive disorder and ocular motor sensory deficit (he has trouble reading).

From The Daily Beast

But before he can explain why, a knife-wielding assailant conducts some brutal ocular surgery on the screaming bureaucrat.

From The Daily Beast

But for the delinquency of his son, she had ocular demonstration; and her indignation was hardly to be repressed.

From Project Gutenberg

George stared in his face and rubbed his eyes, too, for he thought he must be under an ocular delusion.

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Ocular proof I can now offer in the shape of five living eggs of this gigantic bird.

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Hence, we must counteract the ocular deception by an adjustment of proportions.

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I will answer the question, and show thee, by ocular proof, very soon.

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