MONOCULAR


Meaning of MONOCULAR in English

[ mə'nɒkjʊlə ]

■ adjective with, for, or in one eye.

■ noun an optical instrument for viewing distant objects with one eye, resembling one half of a pair of binoculars.

Derivatives

~ly adverb

Origin

C17: from late L. monoculus 'having one eye' + -ar 1 .

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