[syn: ocular, visual]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ocular \Oc"u*lar\, n. (Opt.)
The eyepiece of an optical instrument, as of a telescope or
microscope.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ocular \Oc"u*lar\, a. [L. ocularis, ocularius, fr. oculus the
eye: cf. F. oculaire. See Eye, and cf. Antler,
Inveigle.]
1. Depending on, or perceived by, the eye; received by actual
sight; personally seeing or having seen; as, ocular proof.
--Shak.
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Thomas was an ocular witness of Christ's death.
--South.
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2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the eye; optic.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ocular
adj 1: 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" [syn: ocular, optic, optical, opthalmic]
2: relating to or using sight; "ocular inspection"; "an optical
illusion"; "visual powers"; "visual navigation" [syn:
ocular, optic, optical, visual]
3: visible; "be sure of it; give me the ocular proof"-
Shakespeare; "a visual presentation"; "a visual image" [syn:
ocular, visual]
n 1: combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical
instruments [syn: eyepiece, ocular]