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

Some two or three years since, we called the attention of the readers of this magazine to the subject of the stereoscope and the stereograph.

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

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

From Camping & Tramping with Roosevelt by Burroughs, John

But try to mend a stereograph and you will soon find the difference.

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