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Definition of binocular adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

binocular

adjective
 
/bɪˈnɒkjələ(r)/
 
/bɪˈnɑːkjələr/
(specialist)
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  1. using two eyes to see
    • binocular vision
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBinocular is used with these nouns:
    • microscope
    • vision
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    Word Originearly 18th cent. (in the sense ‘having two eyes’): from Latin bini ‘two together’ + oculus ‘eye’, on the pattern of ocular.
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