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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a rapid, jerky movement of the eyes between positions of rest;

2. an abrupt spasmodic movement;
[syn: jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Saccade \Sac*cade"\, n. [F.] (Man.)
   A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching
   the reins on a sudden and with one pull.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

saccade
    n 1: a rapid, jerky movement of the eyes between positions of
         rest
    2: an abrupt spasmodic movement [syn: jerk, jerking, jolt,
       saccade]