stereoscopic vision

stereoscopic vision

n.

The single perception of a slightly different image from each eye, resulting in depth perception.

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vision (vizh´n),

n sight; the faculty of seeing.

vision, direct,

n the category of sight in which an image is focused directly on the macula of the retina. Also called
central vision.

vision, field of,

n the portion of space that the fixed eye can see.

vision, indirect,

n 1. in dentistry, the capacity to see the treatment area by using a oral cavity mirror.
n 2. the category of sight in which an image is focused on an area of the retina other than the macula. Also called
peripheral vision.

Indirect vision.

vision, stereoscopic,

n vision in which the visual fields of the two eyes are unified. Sensations from a common object received by the two eyes are superimposed, and as a result of the slight differences in the fields and the superimposition of the fields, the effects of depth and shape of the object are attained.

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stereopsis 

Awareness of the relative distances of objects from the observer, by means of binocular vision only and based on retinal disparity. Syn. stereoscopic vision; third-degree fusion. See stereoscopic visual acuity; anaglyph; angle of stereopsis; cortical column; retinal disparity; depth perception; leaf room; stereo-blindness; random-dot stereogram; stereoscopy; Howard-Dolman test; three needle test; two-dimensional test.