binocular

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English

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Etymology

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From French binoculaire.

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Adjective

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binocular (not comparable)

  1. Using two eyes or viewpoints; especially, using two eyes or viewpoints to ascertain distance.
    a binocular microscope or telescope
    • 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. [], London: [] W[illiam] Innys, [], →OCLC:
      Most animals are binocular.
    • 2013 July 9, Joselle DiNunzio Kehoe, “Cognition, brains and Riemann”, in plus.maths.org[1], retrieved 2013-09-08:
      our perception of distance arises from the geometry of binocular vision and our early learning seems based on calculating probabilities.

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Noun

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binocular (plural binoculars)

  1. attributive form of binoculars
  2. A pair of binoculars.
    • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 14, in Crime out of Mind[2]:
      He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.
  3. (dated) Any binocular glass, such as an opera glass, telescope, or microscope.

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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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From bi- +‎ -n- +‎ ocular.

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Adjective

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binocular m or f (plural binoculares)

  1. binocular (using two eyes or viewpoints)

Etymology 2

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From binóculos +‎ -ar.

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Verb

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binocular (first-person singular present binoculo, first-person singular preterite binoculei, past participle binoculado)

  1. to observe using binoculars
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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French binoculaire.

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binocular m or n (feminine singular binoculară, masculine plural binoculari, feminine and neuter plural binoculare)

  1. binocular

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Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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A pair of binoculars

Etymology

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From French binoculaire, from bini (double) and oculaire (ocular).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /binokuˈlaɾ/ [bi.no.kuˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: bi‧no‧cu‧lar

Adjective

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binocular m or f (masculine and feminine plural binoculares)

  1. binocular

Noun

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binocular m (plural binoculares)

  1. (often in plural) binoculars
    Synonym: prismáticos

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