monocular

1 of 2

adjective

mon·​oc·​u·​lar mä-ˈnä-kyə-lər How to pronounce monocular (audio)
mə-
1
: of, involving, or affecting a single eye
2
: suitable for use with only one eye
monocularly adverb

monocular

2 of 2

noun

: a monocular device

Examples of monocular in a Sentence

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Adjective
The latest handheld night-vision monocular from Duovox sports a 60% larger sensor than the Ultra before it. New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2024 There was a small table that held their radios and a night-vision monocular. Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Noun
Range fingers are specialized binoculars or monoculars. Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024 Ultimately, the fund went toward supplying musician-soldiers with drones, tourniquets, combat clothing, helmets, night-vision goggles, walkie-talkies, and monoculars. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2023 See all Example Sentences for monocular 

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Late Latin monoculus having one eye

First Known Use

Adjective

1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1936, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of monocular was in 1640

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“Monocular.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monocular. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

monocular

adjective
mon·​oc·​u·​lar mä-ˈnäk-yə-lər, mə- How to pronounce monocular (audio)
1
: of, involving, or affecting a single eye
monocular vision
2
: suitable for use with only one eye
a monocular microscope
monocularly adverb

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