ocular(n = noun.artifact) eyepiece - combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments;
is a kind of lens, lens system, lense
is a part of binoculars, field glasses, opera glasses, light microscope, optical telescope, sights
has parts: graticule, reticle, reticule
1. ocular(a = adj.pert) opthalmic, optic, optical - of or relating to or resembling the eye; "ocular muscles"; "an ocular organ"; "ocular diseases"; "the optic (or optical) axis of the eye"; "an ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to light"
2. ocular(a = adj.pert) optic, optical, visual - relating to or using sight; "ocular inspection"; "an optical illusion"; "visual powers"; "visual navigation"
3. ocular(s = adj.all) visual - visible; "be sure of it; give me the ocular proof"; "a visual presentation"; "a visual image"
1. Depending on, or perceived by, the eye; received by actual sight; personally seeing or having seen; as, ocular proof. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"Thomas was an ocular witness of Christ's death." [1913 Webster]
2. Of or pertaining to the eye; optic. [1913 Webster]
The eyepiece of an optical instrument, as of a telescope or microscope. [1913 Webster]
ocular, adj. & n.
--adj. of or connected with the eyes or sight; visual.
--n. the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
Idiom:
ocular spectrum see SPECTRUM.
Derivative:
ocularly adv.
Etymology:
F oculaire f. LL ocularis f. L oculus eye
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