stereoscopy

[ ster-ee-os-kuh-pee, steer- ]

noun

1. the study of the stereoscope and its techniques.
2. three-dimensional vision.

stereoscopy

/ ˌstɪər-; ˌstɛrɪˈɒskəpɪ /

noun

1. the viewing or appearance of objects in or as if in three dimensions
2. the study and use of the stereoscope

Derived Forms

• ˌstereˈoscopist, noun

Other Words From

• stere·osco·pist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of stereoscopy¹

First recorded in 1860–65; stereo- + -scopy

Example Sentences

“I give them stereoscopy and they give me the chance to play in nice observatories all around the world, you know — but also the animals.”

From Seattle Times

“Especially because a lot of those worlds don’t exist anymore,” said David Frackman, a computer programmer who wrote a master’s thesis on projected 3-D environments and was curious about stereoscopy.

From New York Times

She thought that technology would help—she wanted to make color films and, even more ardently, hoped to be able to work with “stereoscopy,” a.k.a. 3-D films.

From The New Yorker

The robot’s eyes were measuring the distance with machinely accurate stereoscopy.

From Literature

An early version of the game, created in 2008, employed anaglyphic stereoscopy, a kind of 3-D effect triggered by wearing those paper glasses with the red-and-blue lenses that became popular in the nineteen-fifties.

From The New Yorker