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  

/ ˈstɛrɪəˌɡræf, ˈstɪər-, -ˌɡrɑːf /

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

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Example Sentences

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stereograph

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

No. 4018, Seelisberg,—unsurpassed by any glass stereograph we have ever seen, in all the qualities that make a faultless picture.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 by Various

We have a most interesting stereograph of the Amphitheatre of Nismes, with a bull-fight going on in its arena at the time when the picture was taken.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 by Various

But this brilliancy fatigues the eye much more than the quiet reflected light of the paper stereograph.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 by Various

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