stereoscopic
[ster-ee-uh-skop-ik, steer-]
- 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.
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Sometimes ster·e·o·scop·i·cal.
Origin of stereoscopic
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This I deny: for, were it so, there would be no stereoscopic effect.
I told her I had not asked her to buy, and said: "Madam, I have here a stereoscopic lens."
Twenty Years of Hus'lingJ. P. Johnston
Mr. Chairman, I appear here to-day in behalf of the stereoscopic view manufacturers of the country.
It would ruin any stereoscopic view concern in a little while.
An exemption of the stereoscopic manufacturers from the $1 fee would be perfectly satisfactory to us.
stereoscopic
- 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
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stereoscopic
(stĕr′ē-ə-skŏp′ĭk)- Of, relating to, or characterized by stereoscopy.
- Of or relating to a stereoscope.
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