stereoscopic picture
- noun
- /ˌstɛrɪəˈskɒpɪk ˈpɪktʃər/
- Specialized
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imagen estereoscópica
- He collects antique stereoscopic pictures from the nineteenth century.
Examples
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Visitors viewed a stereoscopic picture using an old-fashioned stereoscope at the museum.
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I was fascinated by the stereoscopic picture of the mountains, which looked almost real.
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He took a stereoscopic picture of the mountains.
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Can you show me a stereoscopic picture of that scene?
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The museum displayed a stunning stereoscopic picture that made the landscape appear three-dimensional.
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She used special glasses to view the stereoscopic picture of the underwater scene, which looked so real.
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The photographer took a stereoscopic picture of the city skyline, capturing its depth and beauty beautifully.
Synonyms
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6.0
Two photos taken from slightly different angles that look three dimensional together
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7.7
An image that looks three-dimensional when you look at it in a special way
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8.7
Two side-by-side pictures that make a scene look three dimensional when you view them
Two photos taken from slightly different angles that make a scene look three-dimensional when seen together
How Three-Dimensional
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'stereoscopic' (relating to images that create depth perception) with 'picture' (an image): together they clearly denote an image producing a three-dimensional effect. This adjectival+noun composition follows standard, cross-linguistically common patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Stereoscopic picture comes from an old viewing trick: two photos of the same scene taken from slightly different angles are seen together so your eyes join them into a '3D' image. The word stereo means 'two' and picture means 'image', so a stereoscopic picture is two photos made to look like a single 'three-dimensional' scene.