monocle

mon·o·cle

M0391800 (mŏn′ə-kəl)n. An eyeglass for one eye.

[French, from Late Latin monoculus, having one eye : Greek mono-, mono- + Latin oculus, eye; see ok^w- in Indo-European roots.]

mon′o·cled (-kəld) adj.

monocle

(ˈmɒnəkəl) n (Medicine) a lens for correcting defective vision of one eye, held in position by the facial muscles[C19: from French, from Late Latin monoculus one-eyed, from mono- + oculus eye] ˈmonocled adj

mon•o•cle

(ˈmɒn ə kəl)

n. an eyeglass for one eye. [1855–60; < French, n. use of adj.: one-eyed < Medieval Latin monoculus= Greek mon- mon- + Latin oculus eye, partial translation of Greek monóphthalmos] mon′o•cled, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

monocle - lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscleseyeglasslens, lens system, lense - a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images

Translations

单片眼镜

monocle

(ˈmonəkl) noun a lens or eyeglass for one eye only. 单片眼镜

monocle

a lens for correcting defective vision of one eye, held in position by the facial muscles

Monocle

(1) An eyeglass lens, with or without a frame, that is held in the eye socket.

(2) The simplest kind of camera lens, consisting of a single positive meniscus-type lens. It is used predominantly in inexpensive cameras for portrait and landscape photographs. The best image quality is provided by a convex-concave meniscus lens with its convex side facing the photosensitive layer and with a diaphragm located in front of the objective. Monocles have a small aperture ratio (not exceeding 1:8) and a small image angle (not exceeding 25°). A monocle is also called a landscape lens.

monocle

mon·o·cle

monocle

mon•o•cle

monocle

monocle

monocle

Monocle

monocle

mon·o·cle

monocle

monocle

Synonyms for monocle

noun lens for correcting defective vision in one eye

Synonyms

Related Words