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interocular
[ in-ter-ok-yuh-ler ]
adjective
- being, or situated, between the eyes.
Word History and Origins
Origin of interocular1
Example Sentences
Interocular, in-tėr-ok′ū-lar, adj. between the eyes.
Etymology.—Latin, in reference to the pale interocular band.
A says a shortage in interocular lenses for cataract operations earlier this year at hospitals in Athens meant a run on his own hospital, which was still well stocked, forcing his hospital to refuse new patients needing the procedure.
The “doubling” of objects is only equal to the interocular distance.
Stereoscopic pictures are usually so mounted that “identical points” on the two pictures are farther apart than the interocular distance and therefore the two images cannot be combined when the optical axes of the eyes are parallel or nearly so, which is the condition when looking at a distant object.
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