ocular : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ocular	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for ocular
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ocular adj of or relating to or resembling the eye; "ocular muscles"; "an ocular organ"; "ocular diseases"; "the optic (or optical) axis of the eye"; "an ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to light" Synonym(s): ocular, optic, optical, opthalmic relating to or using sight; "ocular inspection"; "an optical illusion"; "visual powers"; "visual navigation" Synonym(s): ocular, optic, optical, visual visible; "be sure of it; give me the ocular proof"- Shakespeare; "a visual presentation"; "a visual image" Synonym(s): ocular, visual n combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments Synonym(s): eyepiece, ocular
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ocular \Oc"ular\, a. [L. ocularis, ocularius, fr. oculus the eye: cf.F. oculaire. See {Eye}, and cf. {Antler}, {Inveigle}.] 1. Depending on, or perceived by, the eye; received by actual sight; personally seeing or having seen; as, ocular* proof. --Shak. Thomas was an ocular witness of Christ's death. --South. 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the eye; optic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ocular \Oc"u*lar\, n. (Opt.) The eyepiece of an optical instrument, as of a telescope or microscope.