binocular
English
editEtymology
editFrom French binoculaire.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /bɪˈnɒkjʊlɚ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
editbinocular (not comparable)
- Using two eyes or viewpoints; especially, using two eyes or viewpoints to ascertain distance.
- a binocular microscope or telescope
- 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC:
- Most animals are binocular.
- 2013 July 9, Joselle DiNunzio Kehoe, “Cognition, brains and Riemann”, in plus.maths.org[1], retrieved 2013-09-08:
- our perception of distance arises from the geometry of binocular vision and our early learning seems based on calculating probabilities.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editusing two eyes or viewpoints
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Noun
editbinocular (plural binoculars)
- attributive form of binoculars
- A pair of binoculars.
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 14, in Crime out of Mind[2]:
- He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.
- (dated) Any binocular glass, such as an opera glass, telescope, or microscope.
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editPortuguese
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
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Adjective
editbinocular m or f (plural binoculares)
- binocular (using two eyes or viewpoints)
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
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Verb
editbinocular (first-person singular present binoculo, first-person singular preterite binoculei, past participle binoculado)
- to observe using binoculars
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of binocular (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French binoculaire.
Adjective
editbinocular m or n (feminine singular binoculară, masculine plural binoculari, feminine and neuter plural binoculare)
Declension
editDeclension of binocular
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | binocular | binoculară | binoculari | binoculare | ||
definite | binocularul | binoculara | binocularii | binocularele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | binocular | binoculare | binoculari | binoculare | ||
definite | binocularului | binocularei | binocularilor | binocularelor |
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom French binoculaire, from bini (“double”) and oculaire (“ocular”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editbinocular m or f (masculine and feminine plural binoculares)
Noun
editbinocular m (plural binoculares)
- (often in plural) binoculars
- Synonym: prismáticos
Further reading
edit- “binocular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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