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発音

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /məˈnɑkjələɹ/
• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /mənˈɒk.jə.lə(ɹ)/, /ˈmɒnˌɒk.jə.lə(ɹ)/

形容詞

monocular (not comparable)

1. Having one eye.
   • 1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume (please specify the volume), [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC:

     ...one of his sparks alighted upon my eye and destroyed it making me a monocular ape;

2. Related to a monocle.
   • 1906, Amelia Barr, The Man Between:

     You are not such a foolish woman as to like to be seen with Fred Mostyn, that little monocular snob, after the aristocratic, handsome Basil Stanhope.

4. Of any optical system suitable for use by one eye at a time.

派生語

• monocular O

名詞

monocular (複数形 monoculars)

1. (rare) A monocle.
   • 1911, Ambrose Bierce, “lord”, in The Devil’s Dictionary, New York, N.Y.; Washington, D.C.: The Neale Publishing Company, →OCLC:

     The moony monocular set in his eye / Appeared to be scanning the Sweet Bye-and-Bye.

2. (retronym) A monocular telescope, as opposed to binoculars.
   • 2010, Duane R. Geruschat; Audrey J. Smith, “Low Vision for Orientation and Mobility”, in Foundations of Orientation and Mobility, Third edition, volume 1: History and Theory, New York: American Foundation for the Blind, page 75:

     Monoculars are designed to fit discreetly in the hand, improving their cosmetic appearance. Most monoculars sold today have one primary optical difference from binoculars: the ability to focus at close range. These are known as short-focus telescopes.

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