monocular

1 of 2

adjective

mon·​oc·​u·​lar mä-ˈnä-kyə-lər 

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The method leverages the flying robot’s onboard monocular camera to create both a map of visual features for simultaneous localization and mapping and a dense representation of the environment as an elevation map. —Erico Guizzo, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Oct. 2016

The latest handheld night-vision monocular from Duovox sports a 60% larger sensor than the Ultra before it. —New Atlas, 2 Oct. 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

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

Medical Definition

monocular

adjective

mon·​oc·​u·​lar mä-ˈnäk-yə-lər, mə- 

1

: of, involving, or affecting a single eye

monocular vision

2

: suitable for use with only one eye

a monocular microscope

monocularly adverb