stereoscopy
Americannoun
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the study of the stereoscope and its techniques.
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three-dimensional vision.
noun
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the viewing or appearance of objects in or as if in three dimensions
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the study and use of the stereoscope
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Example Sentences
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“I give them stereoscopy and they give me the chance to play in nice observatories all around the world, you know — but also the animals.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2022
“Especially because a lot of those worlds don’t exist anymore,” said David Frackman, a computer programmer who wrote a master’s thesis on projected 3-D environments and was curious about stereoscopy.
From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2019
This is an old trick, called stereoscopy, which takes advantage of the fact that human brains create a perception of depth by noting differences between the images received by the left and right eyes.
From Economist • Aug. 27, 2015
Everyone loved the stereoscopy in Avatar, and consumers flocked to premium-priced screenings.
From Slate • Sep. 15, 2011
The robot’s eyes were measuring the distance with machinely accurate stereoscopy.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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