ocular

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of, or relating to the eye, or the sense of sight

   • The medication may have adverse ocular side effects.
   • It took some time after he lost his eye for him to receive his ocular prosthesis.
   • The eyes of men converse as much as their tongues, with the advantage, that the ocular dialect needs no dictionary, but is understood all the world over.
2. 2

   Resembling the eye.

   • ocular markings on the wings of a butterfly
3. 3

   Seen by, or seeing with, the eye

   Seen by, or seeing with, the eye; visual.

   • Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whore, Be sure of it; give me the ocular proof: Or by the worth of man’s eternal soul, Thou hadst been better have been born a dog Than answer my waked wrath!
   • For as Thomas was an ocular Witness of Christ’s Death and Burial, so were the other Disciples of his Resurrection; having actually seen him after he was risen.
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   1. 4

      The eyepiece of a microscope or other optical instrument, i.e., the optical element…

      The eyepiece of a microscope or other optical instrument, i.e., the optical element closest to the eye.

   2. 5

      Any of the scales forming the margin of a reptile's eye.

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