stereoscopic

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

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.

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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Historical Examples of stereoscopic

This I deny: for, were it so, there would be no stereoscopic effect.
Notes and Queries, Number 203, September 17, 1853
Various
I told her I had not asked her to buy, and said: "Madam, I have here a stereoscopic lens."
Twenty Years of Hus'ling
J. P. Johnston
Mr. Chairman, I appear here to-day in behalf of the stereoscopic view manufacturers of the country.
Arguments before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, conjointly with the Senate Committee on Patents, on H.R. 19853, to amend and consolidate the acts respecting copyright
United States Committee on Patents
It would ruin any stereoscopic view concern in a little while.
Arguments before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, conjointly with the Senate Committee on Patents, on H.R. 19853, to amend and consolidate the acts respecting copyright
United States Committee on Patents
An exemption of the stereoscopic manufacturers from the $1 fee would be perfectly satisfactory to us.
Arguments before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, conjointly with the Senate Committee on Patents, on H.R. 19853, to amend and consolidate the acts respecting copyright
United States Committee on Patents

British Dictionary definitions for stereoscopic

stereoscopic

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

adj.

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

stereoscopic in Medicine

stereoscopic

[stĕr′ē-ə-skŏp′ĭk]

n.

Of, relating to, or characterized by stereoscopy.

Of or relating to a stereoscope.