STEREOSCOPIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stereoscopic mean? 

• STEREOSCOPIC (adjective)
  The adjective STEREOSCOPIC has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to a stereoscope

2. of or relating to stereoscopy

  Familiarity information: STEREOSCOPIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STEREOSCOPIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to a stereoscope

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

stereoscopic lenses

Pertainym:

stereoscope (an optical device for viewing stereoscopic photographs)

Derivation:

stereoscope (an optical device for viewing stereoscopic photographs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to stereoscopy

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

stereoscopic vision

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

stereoscope (an optical device for viewing stereoscopic photographs)

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

 Context examples 

Mantis shrimp eyes have stereoscopic vision and possess a band of photoreceptors that can distinguish up to 12 different wavelengths and linear and circular polarized light.

(How mantis shrimp make sense of the world, National Science Foundation)