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1Binocular vision — is vision in which both eyes are used together. The word binocular comes from two Latin roots, bini for double, and oculus for eye. [Harper, D. (2001). Online etymological dictionary. Retrieved April 2, 2008, from… …
2Binocular rivalry — is a phenomenon of visual perception in which perception alternates between different images presented to each eye. When one image is presented to one eye and a very different image is presented to the other, instead of the two images being seen… …
3Binocular disparity — refers to the difference in image location of an object seen by the left and right eyes, resulting from the eyes horizontal separation. The brain uses binocular disparity to extract depth information from the two dimensional retinal images in… …
4Binocular vision — The ability to maintain visual focus on an object with both eyes, creating a single visual image. Lack of binocular vision is normal in infants. Adults without binocular vision experience distortions in depth perception and visual measurement of… …
5binocular — binocularity, n. binocularly, adv. /beuh nok yeuh leuhr, buy /, n. 1. Usually, binoculars. Also called pair of binoculars, prism binoculars. an optical device, providing good depth effect, for use with both eyes, consisting of two small… …
6Vision, binocular — The blending of the separate images seen by each eye into a single image. Binocular vision allows images to be seen with depth …
7vision — The act of seeing. SEE ALSO: sight. [L. visio, fr. video, pp. visus, to see] achromatic v. SYN: achromatopsia. binocular v. v. with a single image, by both eyes simultaneously. blue v. SYN: cyanopsia. central v. v. stimulated by an object imaged… …
8double vision — diplopia. [1855 60] * * * or diplopia Perception of two images of an object, usually caused by temporary or permanent eye muscle paralysis. Normally, the brain fuses slightly different images from each eye by matching corresponding points on each …
9Equine vision — The equine eye is the largest of any land mammal. [ Soemmerring DW. A comment on the horizontal sections of eyes in man and animals. Anderson SR, Munk O, eds. Schepelern HD, transl. Copenhagen: Bogtrykkeriet Forum; 1971.] [ Knill LM, Eagleton RD …
10stereoscopic vision — (stereopsis) perception of the shape, depth, and distance of an object as a result of having binocular vision. The brain receives two distinct images from the eyes, which it interprets as a single three dimensional image …
