stereoscopic
Americanadjective
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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.
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of, relating to, or characterized by a stereoscope or stereoscopy.
adjective
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of, concerned with, or relating to seeing space three-dimensionally as a result of binocular disparity
stereoscopic vision
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of, relating to, or formed by a stereoscope
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of stereoscopic
First recorded in 1850–55; stereoscope + -ic
Example Sentences
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“Like a stereoscopic image coming into focus,” he writes, “my parallel lives in physics and jazz blended before my eyes.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Expert surveyors were found to rely on the stereoscopic cues -- the difference in images seen by the two eyes -- when performing the task.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024
It connects to my interest in stereoscopic photography.
From National Geographic • Oct. 4, 2023
Fortunately help came from Brian May, the Queen guitarist who also has a PhD in astronomy and specializes in stereoscopic imaging, which replicates how human eyes perceive surrounding space in three dimensions.
From Salon • Oct. 1, 2023
But now the great moment had come—the greatest, Darwin Bonaparte had time to reflect, as he moved among his instruments, the greatest since his taking of the famous all-howling stereoscopic feely of the gorillas’ wedding.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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