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  1. saccades

    A saccade ( sə-KAHD, French for jerk) is a quick, simultaneous movement of both eyes between two or more phases of fixation in the same direction. In contrast, in smooth pursuit movements, the eyes move smoothly instead of in jumps. The phenomenon can be associated with a shift in frequency of an emitted signal or a movement of a body part or device. Controlled cortically by the frontal eye fields (FEF), or subcortically by the superior colliculus, saccades serve as a mechanism for fixation, rapid eye movement, and the fast phase of optokinetic nystagmus. The word appears to have been coined in the 1880s by French ophthalmologist Émile Javal, who used a mirror on one side of a page to observe eye movement in silent reading, and found that it involves a succession of discontinuous individual movements.

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  1. Saccades

    An abrupt voluntary shift in ocular fixation from one point to another, as occurs in reading.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of saccades in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of saccades in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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