orthostereoscopicadj.
/ˌɔːθə(ʊ)stɛrɪəˈskɒpɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌɔrθoʊˌstɛriəˈskɑpɪk/ Optics.
Showing an accurate three-dimensional image, spec. without the reversal of convexity and concavity produced by pseudoscopic instruments.
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screw-barrel1746
multocular1856
microspectroscopic1871
orthostereoscopic1892
electron microscopic1933
phase contrast1934
trinocular1960
1892 Jrnl. Quekett Microsc. Club 5 46 If orthostereoscopic vision is required the transposition must be corrected.
1937 Jrnl. Optical Soc. Amer. 27 339/2 In the x-ray clinic, orthostereoscopic radiographs help to reduce error in diagnoses.
1966 H. Asher tr. N. A. Valyus Stereoscopy ii. 94 Observation of these conditions ensures that an orthostereoscopic image is produced, i.e. one which shows a correct proportion in depth and undistorted perspective, and allows the visual fusion of the two stereograms into a single spatial percept.
1993 Development 117 779 From orthostereoscopic reconstructions, it appeared that the location and size of somites could also be adjusted by the host.
Derivatives
ˌorthostereoˈscopically adv. in an orthostereoscopic manner.
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orthostereoscopically1937
1937 Jrnl. Optical Soc. Amer. 27 333/2 A Greenough type microscope, if the magnification is not too high, may be built to operate orthostereoscopically for related combinations of objective and eyepiece pairs.
1966 H. Asher tr. N. A. Valyus Stereoscopy ix. 380 Only when all these conditions are observed will the primary image system ‘see’ the object orthostereoscopically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1892