English Explanatory Dictionary

ocular

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, or relating to the eye, or the sense of sight
  2. Resembling the eye.
  3. Seen by, or seeing with, the eye; visual.
noun
  1. The eyepiece of a microscope or other optical instrument, i.e., the optical element closest to the eye.
  2. Any of the scales forming the margin of a reptile's eye.

Pronunciation

/ˈɒk.jə.lə/ /ˈɒk.jʊ.lə/ /ˈɑ.kjə.lɚ/ /ˈɑ.kjʊ.lɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-ocular.wav

Word forms

ocular more ocular most ocular oculars

Etymology

Derived from the Latin oculāris (“of the eye”), from oculus (“eye”).

Antonyms

objective

Derived words

antennocular anteocular biocular circumocular dextrocular electroocular endoocular extraocular infraocular inocular interocular intraocular monocular multiocular multocular nasocular nasoocular nonocular ocellocular octonocular ocularcentric ocularcentrism ocularist ocularity ocular lens ocularly ocular micrometer ocular radiance ocular spark periocular postocular preocular presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome retroocular sinistrocular subocular supraocular transocular triocular uniocular vestibuloocular

Translations

Arabic: عَيْنِيّ Armenian: ակնային Belarusian: во́чны Belarusian: вачавы́ Bulgarian: о́чен Catalan: ocular Czech: oční Esperanto: okula Finnish: silmä- French: oculaire Galician: ocular German: Augen- German: okular Ancient Greek: ὀφθαλμικός Hebrew: עֵינִי Italian: oculare Central Kurdish: چاوی Latin: oculāris Macedonian: очен Polish: oczny Portuguese: ocular Romanian: ocular Russian: глазно́й Serbo-Croatian: о̀чнӣ Serbo-Croatian: òčnī Slovak: očný Slovene: očesen Spanish: ocular Telugu: నేత్ర Ukrainian: о́чний
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