stereoscopic

American  

[ster-ee-uh-skop-ik, steer-] / ˌstɛr i əˈskɒp ɪk, ˌstɪər- /

Sometimes stereoscopical

adjective

1. 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.

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

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stereoscopic British  

/ ˌstɪər-, ˌstɛrɪəˈskɒpɪk /

adjective

1. of, concerned with, or relating to seeing space three-dimensionally as a result of binocular disparity

   stereoscopic vision

2. of, relating to, or formed by a stereoscope

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Other Word Forms

• stereoscopically adverb

Etymology

Origin of stereoscopic

First recorded in 1850–55; stereoscope + -ic

Example Sentences

The researchers asked six trained remote sensing surveyors and six novices to assess 10,000 stereoscopic aerial images of hedges and ditches, which had been heavily masked with image distortions.

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

“As soon as someone has success, financial success, a stereoscopic documentary or a stereoscopic buddy comedy, then the studios will copy it,” he said.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022

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