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Webster 1913 Edition

Binocular

Bin-oc′u-lar

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
binoculaire
. See
Binocle
.]
1.
Having two eyes.
“Most animals are binocular.”
Derham.
2.
Pertaining to both eyes; employing both eyes at once;
as,
binocular
vision
.
3.
Adapted to the use of both eyes;
as, a
binocular
microscope or telescope
.
Brewster.

Bin-oc′u-lar

,
Noun.
A binocular glass, whether opera glass, telescope, or microscope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Binocular

BINOC'ULAR

,
Adj.
[See Binocle.] Having two eyes; also, having two apertures or tubes, so joined that one may use both eyes at once in viewing a distant object; as a binocular telescope.

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