Definitions for stereoscope
ˈstɛr i əˌskoʊp, ˈstɪər-stere·o·scope

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stereoscopenoun

   an optical device for viewing stereoscopic photographs

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stereoscopenoun

   an instrument used for viewing pairs of stereoscopic photographs

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stereoscope

   A stereoscope is a device for viewing a stereoscopic pair of separate images, depicting left-eye and right-eye views of the same scene, as a single three-dimensional image. A typical stereoscope provides each eye with a lens that makes the image seen through it appear larger and more distant and usually also shifts its apparent horizontal position, so that for a person with normal binocular depth perception the edges of the two images seemingly fuse into one "stereo window". In current practice, the images are prepared so that the scene appears to be beyond this virtual window, through which objects are sometimes allowed to protrude, but this was not always the custom. A divider or other view-limiting feature is usually provided to prevent each eye from being distracted by also seeing the image intended for the other eye. Most people can, with practice and some effort, view stereoscopic image pairs in 3D without the aid of a stereoscope, but the physiological depth cues resulting from the unnatural combination of eye convergence and focus required will be unlike those experienced when actually viewing the scene in reality, making an accurate simulation of the natural viewing experience impossible and tending to cause eye strain and fatigue. Although more recent devices such as Realist-format 3D slide viewers and the View-Master are also stereoscopes, the word is now most commonly associated with viewers designed for the standard-format stereo cards that enjoyed several waves of popularity from the 1850s to the 1930s as a home entertainment medium. Devices such as polarized, anaglyph and shutter glasses which are used to view two actually superimposed or intermingled images, rather than two physically separate images, are not categorized as stereoscopes.

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1. stereoscope

   A stereoscope is an optical instrument used to create a three-dimensional image from two two-dimensional images or photographs. These two images are taken from slightly different angles, and when viewed through the stereoscope, they merge into a single image that gives the perception of depth and solidity. It was widely used in the 19th and 20th centuries for viewing stereograms or stereographic cards, which contained a pair of separate images.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stereoscopenoun

   an optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one, through a bending of the rays of light, two pictures, taken for the purpose from points of view a little way apart. It is furnished with two eyeglasses, and by refraction or reflection the pictures are superimposed, so as to appear as one to the observer

2. Etymology: [Stereo- + -scope.]

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1. Stereoscope

   A stereoscope is a device for viewing a stereoscopic pair of separate images, depicting left-eye and right-eye views of the same scene, as a single three-dimensional image. A typical stereoscope provides each eye with a lens that makes the image seen through it appear larger and more distant and usually also shifts its apparent horizontal position, so that for a person with normal binocular depth perception the edges of the two images seemingly fuse into one "stereo window". In current practice, the images are prepared so that the scene appears to be beyond this virtual window, through which objects are sometimes allowed to protrude, but this was not always the custom. A divider or other view-limiting feature is usually provided to prevent each eye from being distracted by also seeing the image intended for the other eye. Most people can, with practice and some effort, view stereoscopic image pairs in 3D without the aid of a stereoscope, but the physiological depth cues resulting from the unnatural combination of eye convergence and focus required will be unlike those experienced when actually viewing the scene in reality, making an accurate simulation of the natural viewing experience impossible and tending to cause eye strain and fatigue.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stereoscope

   ster′ē-ō-skōp, n. an instrument in which each of two pictures is examined by a separate lens, and the two lenses are inclined so as to shift the images towards one another, and thus to ensure or to facilitate the blending of the two images into one, standing out in relief with solidity.—adjs. Sterēoscop′ic, -al, pertaining to the stereoscope.—adv. Sterēoscop′ically.—ns. Stē′rēoscopist; Sterēos′copy. [Gr. stereos, solid, skopein, see.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stereoscope

   a simple optical apparatus which, when two photographs of an object taken from slightly different standpoints (so as to secure the appearance it presents to either eye singly) are placed under its twin magnifying lenses, presents to the eyes of the looker a single picture of the object standing out in natural relief.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of stereoscope in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of stereoscope in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=stereoscope
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Stereoscope
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereoscope
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stereoscope
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=stereoscope
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=stereoscope
8. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Stereoscope