stereoscopy

American  

[ster-ee-os-kuh-pee, steer-] / ˌstɛr iˈɒs kə pi, ˌstɪər- /

noun

1. the study of the stereoscope and its techniques.

2. three-dimensional vision.

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stereoscopy British  

/ ˌstɪər-, ˌstɛrɪˈɒskəpɪ /

noun

1. the viewing or appearance of objects in or as if in three dimensions

2. the study and use of the stereoscope

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Other Word Forms

• stereoscopist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of stereoscopy

First recorded in 1860–65; stereo- + -scopy

Example Sentences

“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

Meanwhile, on the digital front, the advent of laser projection has helped to overcome some of the light-loss issues traditionally associated with stereoscopy.

From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2015

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

The robot’s eyes were measuring the distance with machinely accurate stereoscopy.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov