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

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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

The picture is viewed at a distance of about 7 in. from the stereograph.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

We have a glass stereograph of Bethlehem, which looks as if the ground were covered with snow,—and paper ones of Jerusalem colored and uncolored, much superior to it both in effect and detail.

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

From stereograph, copyright 1904, by Underwood & Underwood, New York.

From Camping & Tramping with Roosevelt by Burroughs, John