stereoscopic

[ ster-ee-uh-skop-ik, steer- ]

/ ˌstɛr i əˈskɒp ɪk, ˌstɪər- /

adjective

noting or pertaining to three-dimensional vision or any of various processes and devices for giving the illusion of depth from two-dimensional images or reproductions, as of a photograph or motion picture.

of, relating to, or characterized by a stereoscope or stereoscopy.

Nearby words

Sometimes ster·e·o·scop·i·cal.

Origin of stereoscopic

First recorded in 1850–55; stereoscope + -ic

Related formsster·e·o·scop·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for stereoscopic

We said once before that stereoscopic arrangements could reproduce somewhat this plastic form also.
The Photoplay|Hugo Mnsterberg
It is said that stereoscopic pictures at great distances, such as views, should be taken "with a small aperture."
Notes and Queries, Number 186, May 21, 1853|Various
Several inventors have endeavored to render the stereoscopic images visible to several spectators at the same time.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891|Various
It may help to focus the eyes upon the tip of a finger until the stereoscopic images are combined.
Visual Illusions|Matthew Luckiesh

Newspapers were printing flat pictures in three colors only, and deploring the high cost of stereoscopic plates.
Invasion|William Fitzgerald Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for stereoscopic

stereoscopic

/ (ˌstɛrɪəˈskɒpɪk, ˌstɪər-) /

adjective

of, concerned with, or relating to seeing space three-dimensionally as a result of binocular disparitystereoscopic vision

of, relating to, or formed by a stereoscope

Derived Formsstereoscopically, adverb

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Word Origin and History for stereoscopic

stereoscopic

adj.

1855, from stereoscope (1838), from stereo- + -scope.

Medicine definitions for stereoscopic

stereoscopic

[ stĕr′ē-ə-skŏp′ĭk ]

n.

Of, relating to, or characterized by stereoscopy.

Of or relating to a stereoscope.