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Eyeglasses vs Binocular - What's the difference?

eyeglasses | binocular |

As nouns the difference between eyeglasses and binocular

is that eyeglasses is spectacles, glasses while binocular is attributive of lang=en.

As an adjective binocular is

using two eyes or viewpoints; especially, using two eyes or viewpoints to ascertain distance.

eyeglasses

English

Noun

  • (label) Spectacles, glasses.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author=(Henry Petroski)
  • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= The Evolution of Eyeglasses , passage=Digging deeper, the invention of eyeglasses is an elaboration of the more fundamental development of optics technology. The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,
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  • See also

    * lorgnette * lorgnon

    binocular

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Using two eyes or viewpoints; especially, using two eyes or viewpoints to ascertain distance.
  • a binocular microscope or telescope
  • * Derham
  • Most animals are binocular .
  • * {{quote-web
  • , date = 2013-07-09 , author = Joselle DiNunzio Kehoe , title = Cognition, brains and Riemann , site = plus.maths.org , url = http://plus.maths.org/content/cognition-brains-and-riemann , accessdate = 2013-09-08 }}
    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 vision

    See also

    * binoculars

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pair of binoculars.
  • *'>citation
  • (dated) Any binocular glass, such as an opera glass, telescope, or microscope.
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