Binocular vs Trinocular - What's the difference?
binocular | trinocular |
Using two eyes or viewpoints; especially, using two eyes or viewpoints to ascertain distance.
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A pair of binoculars.
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(dated) Any binocular glass, such as an opera glass, telescope, or microscope.
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Using three points of vision, such as a microscope with two standard eyepieces and one camera eyepiece, or a camera rig with three cameras
As adjectives the difference between binocular and trinocular
is that binocular is using two eyes or viewpoints; especially, using two eyes or viewpoints to ascertain distance while trinocular is using three points of vision, such as a microscope with two standard eyepieces and one camera eyepiece, or a camera rig with three cameras.As a noun binocular
is .binocular
English
Adjective
(-)- a binocular microscope or telescope
- Most animals are binocular .
- Studies in biology and cognitive science point to biological processes that appear to be mathematically oriented — there are cells in our visual system that are sensitive only to vertical structures, our perception of distance arises from the geometry of binocular vision and our early learning seems based on calculating probabilities. The body is built to create structure from sensory data — to weave it into the objects we perceive.
Derived terms
* binocularity * binocular visionSee also
* binocularsNoun
(en noun)trinocular
English
Adjective
(-)- trinocular microscope
- trinocular stereovision