pseudostereoscopicadj.
/ˌs(j)uːdə(ʊ)ˌstɛrɪəˈskɒpɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌsudoʊˌstɛriəˈskɑpɪk/ Optics.
Of, relating to, or designating a three-dimensional image in which left and right images, and hence the impression of depth, are reversed; = pseudoscopic adj. Later also: of or relating to an apparently three-dimensional image produced other than by ordinary binocular vision.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > optical illusion > [adjective] > optical distortions > demonstrations of
pseudoscopic1855
pseudostereoscopic1892
1892 Jrnl. Quekett Microsc. Club July 51 The first arrangement..when applied to the compound microscope gave pseudostereoscopic pictures... There was transposition without a cross-over; it was, therefore, a pseudostereoscope.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 899/1 These pseudo-stereoscopic phenomena are of the greatest importance for the study of the principles of stereoscopy.
1973 Photogrammetric Engin. 39 1055 A pseudostereoscopic model [of terrain] can be obtained by viewing like- and cross-polarized radar imagery strips together under a stereoscope.
1984 Cell Motility 4 231 The technique involves pseudostereoscopic viewing of image pairs separated by an appropriate time interval in a sequential recording of the subject.
1996 Proc. SPIE (Internat. Soc. Optical Engin.) 2653 220 A pseudostereoscopic image is one in which the right eye sees the left fields, and vice versa... The pseudostereoscopic condition is difficult to recognize because it is never seen in the visual world.
Derivatives
ˌpseudoˈstereoscope n. rare an optical instrument which produces a three-dimensional image in which depth is reversed; = pseudoscope n.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > microscope > other microscopes
lucernal microscope1743
gas microscope1833
oxyhydrogen microscope1839
binocular1871
orthostereoscope1892
pseudostereoscope1892
ultramicroscope1906
acoustic microscope1910
hodoscope1915
optical microscope1928
light microscope1934
comparison microscope1940
phase microscope1946
stereomicroscope1962
1892 Jrnl. Quekett Microsc. Club July 51 The first arrangement..when applied to the compound microscope gave pseudostereoscopic pictures... There was transposition without a cross-over; it was, therefore, a pseudostereoscope.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 899/1 If a symmetrical body be observed in the pseudo-stereoscope, for example a pyramid, the relief is still reversed.
ˌpseudostereˈoscopism n. rare the production of pseudostereoscopic images.
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1892 Jrnl. Quekett Microsc. Club July 45 Orthostereoscopism and pseudostereoscopism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1892