stereograph

American  

[ster-ee-uh-graf, -grahf, steer-] / ˈstɛr i əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf, ˈstɪər- /

noun

1. a single or double picture for a stereoscope.

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verb (used with object)

1. to make a stereograph of.

stereograph British  

/ -ˌɡrɑːf, ˈstɪər-, ˈstɛrɪəˌɡræf /

noun

1. Also called: stereogram.  two almost identical pictures, or one special picture, that when viewed through special glasses or a stereoscope form a single three-dimensional image

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Etymology

Origin of stereograph

First recorded in 1855–60; stereo- + -graph

Example Sentences

Others included a photograph of a Barnum & Bailey representative at a horse auction, and a stereograph of Piccadilly Circus in London, in which a horse-drawn carriage advertises an animal feed called Molassine Meal.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2022

A souvenir stereograph from the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, where she represented Colorado, shows her standing quietly in the middle of one diorama, behind a deer, with the caption “Mrs. Maxwell and Her Pets.”

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2020

From stereograph, copyright 1906, by Underwood & Underwood, New York.

From Camping & Tramping with Roosevelt by Burroughs, John

I would ask, is it this?—Stereoscopic pictures should create in the mind precisely such a conception as the two eyes would if viewing the object represented by the stereograph.

From Notes and Queries, Number 196, July 30, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

The stereograph is to be looked at much nearer than the object itself, and consequently is to be seen under a much larger angle than it is viewed by the two eyes in nature.

From Notes and Queries, Number 192, July 2, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various