double vision

noun

1. diplopia.

Word History and Origins

Origin of double vision¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

I teed off, I turned around, took a step and then all of a sudden I got, they called it, stacked double vision.

From ProPublica

Its symptoms can include headaches, nausea, double vision and dizziness.

From Science News For Students

The area of double vision extended from the limit of the right visual field to about 20° the other side of the middle line.

From Project Gutenberg

It offered a double vision, the strongest dose of life that art could give, the strongest dose of art that life could give.

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It was like a double vision of light and darkness that, while contrasting, neither assimilated nor harmonized.

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That double vision, the acceptance of a general good together with the possibility of extreme ill to the individual, puzzled him.

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Instead of seeing singly with two eyes, there is then double-vision (diplopia).

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