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
The stereoscopic images the aerial surveyors use for mapmaking are usually taken on sunny days.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024
Also this month: publication day for May’s latest book, an atlas of the asteroid Bennu, featuring May’s stereoscopic photography.
From National Geographic • Oct. 4, 2023
May offered his insights to the intrepid scientists, as he specializes in stereoscopic imaging.
From Salon • Sep. 23, 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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