sidegaze

See also: side-gaze and side gaze

English

Etymology

side +‎ gaze

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪz

Noun

sidegaze (plural sidegazes)

1. (medicine) The act of looking sideways, to the left or right, by moving only one's eyes.
   • 1930, Ray Cummings, “Section 4, Ch. 28, "The Ascent of Archimedes"”, in "Brigands of the Moon: Part Three of a Four-part Novel" in Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May and June 1930‎^[1]:

     "His light wentout very promptly, didn't it?" She flashed me a sidegaze. Were we acting convincingly?

   • 1984, Joseph Lang, Strabismus‎^[2], →ISBN, page 127:

     Gaze is almost never straight ahead but varies between downgaze, sidegaze, and upgaze. Correct fixation of an object does not take place.

Alternative forms

• side-gaze, side gaze

See also

• downgaze
• end-gaze
• upgaze