BINOCULAR VISION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does binocular vision mean? 

• BINOCULAR VISION (noun)
  The noun BINOCULAR VISION has 1 sense:

1. vision involving the use of both eyes

  Familiarity information: BINOCULAR VISION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BINOCULAR VISION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Vision involving the use of both eyes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("binocular vision" is a kind of...):

sight; vision; visual modality; visual sense (the ability to see; the visual faculty)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "binocular vision"):

stereoscopic vision; stereoscopy (three-dimensional vision produced by the fusion of two slightly different views of a scene on each retina)

 Context examples 

This macaque also has forward directed eyes that allow for binocular vision.

(Cynomolgus Maritius Monkey, NCI Thesaurus)

Any inability to efficiently utilize and/or sustain binocular vision.

(Binocular Vision Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)