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binocular, a. and n.|bɪˈnɒkjʊlə(r)|
[f. L. bīnī two each + oculī eyes + -ar; cf. F. binoculaire.]
A. adj.
†1. Having two eyes; binoculate. ? Obs.
1713Derham Phys. Theol. viii. iii. (1754) 361 Most animals are binocular, Spiders for the most Part octonocular.
2. Performed by or adapted to both eyes. In Photogr. = stereoscopic.
1738R. Smith Opticks 387 A binocular telescope. 1876Foster Phys. iii. ii. (1879) 509 Binocular vision..affords us a means of judging of the solidity of objects. 1879Rutley Stud. Rocks vii. 47 Many observers prefer to work with binocular microscopes. 1879O. N. Rood Chromatics 160 Binocular mixture of colours produces more or less lustre. 1889E. J. Wall Dict. Photogr. 18 Binocular Camera, another name for Stereoscopic Camera. 1901Amateur Photographer 26 July 70/1 The binocular portraits of M. Fred. Boissonnas. Ibid., Binocular photography. Ibid. 70/2 Binocular photographs.
B. n. (Short for binocular glass.) A field-glass or opera-glass in the use of which both eyes are employed in viewing an object; a binocle. Also applied to a binocular microscope. Now usu. pl.
1871M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. III. iv. 114, I shall keep this binocular. 1877W. Thomson Voy. Challenger I. i. 15 One of Smith and Beck's binoculars is more convenient for observing..large foraminifera, by reflected light. 1928E. O'Neill Strange Interlude viii. 272 Looking up the river through a pair of binoculars. Ibid. 295 Raising the binoculars as he goes to the rail, he looks up the river. 1932Bird Lore XXXIV. 124 Tests to determine quality of binoculars. 1935Discovery Nov. 330/2 We were busy watching the parties of cormorant through the binoculars. |