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stereograph

stereograph

1 8.7
Two side-by-side pictures that make a scene look three dimensional when you view them
  • noun
  • /ˈstɛrɪəˌgræf/
  • Archaic
translation icon : estereógrafo
  • He carefully arranged the stereographs on the table, eager to show his friends the 3D effects.
  • stereograph and viewer
  • stereograph cards
  • pictures, and stereographs

Examples

  • Stereographs were widely used as teaching tools in addition to being sold to consumers at home.

    Academic text (2007)
  • For the chronicler, the task involves finding company-published trade lists and matching these with stereograph captions.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Our box of stereographs is our claim on a piece of the world.

    Academic text (2007)
  • I made several stereographs of them and of him by himself.

    Academic text (1998)
  • I was browsing among the stereograph cards when I came across something that looked like this.

    Blog text (32)
  • After shooting Army photographs, I was usually able to shoot some stereographs for myself.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Typically, stereographs were published without the name of a photographer.

    Academic text (2007)
  • I made a stereograph of The Old Mill in North Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1994.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Even at this late date in the stereograph's history, the viewer is addressed as if in the physical presence of the scene photographed.

    Academic text (2007)
  • In the fall of 1873, Walker delivered 3,527 stereographs from the 1871 and 1872 field seasons, which Wheeler started distributing in January 1874.

    Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

stereo
vsstereograph
  • Specialized
6 6.0

Two photos taken from slightly different angles that look three dimensional together

is the same concept but emphasises physical side-by-side arrangement
stereogram
vsstereograph
1 7.7

An image that looks three-dimensional when you look at it in a special way

uses ordinary side-by-side display rather than requiring a special viewing method
stereoscopic photograph
vsstereograph
  • Specialized
7.4

Two photos taken from slightly different angles that make a scene look three-dimensional when seen together

focuses on images placed side by side rather than stressing their photographic capture
stereoscopic picture
vsstereograph
  • Specialized
7.6

Two photos you view together to make a three-dimensional picture

is broader, naming side-by-side image pairs not only photo pairs

Surface Forms

stereograph singular
stereographs plural

Morphology

stereograph = graph (semi-transparent) = stereo + graph

The components suggest a three-dimensional drawing, but the specialized technical sense is not fully predictable for an average B1 learner.

Etymology

Stereograph comes from Greek parts stereo- meaning 'solid' and -graph meaning 'picture'. So a stereograph is like a 'solid picture' made of two photos put side by side that look three-dimensional when you view them together.