Ocular
['ɒkjʊlə] or ['ɑkjəlɚ]
Definition
(adj.) visible; 'be sure of it; give me the ocular proof'- Shakespeare; 'a visual presentation'; 'a visual image' .
(adj.) relating to or using sight; 'ocular inspection'; 'an optical illusion'; 'visual powers'; 'visual navigation' .
(adj.) of or relating to or resembling the eye; 'ocular muscles'; 'an ocular organ'; 'ocular diseases'; 'the optic (or optical) axis of the eye'; 'an ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to light' .
Inputed by Carmela--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Depending on, or perceived by, the eye; received by actual sight; personally seeing or having seen; as, ocular proof.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the eye; optic.
(n.) The eyepiece of an optical instrument, as of a telescope or microscope.
Checker: Wyatt
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Visible, demonstrable, palpable
ANT:Inferential, auricular, hearsay, circumstantial, deductive, constructive
Typed by Laverne
Definition
adj. pertaining to the eye: formed in or known by the eye: received by actual sight.—adv. Oc′ularly.—adjs. Oc′ulāte -d having eyes or spots like eyes; Oculau′ditory representing an eye and an ear together; Oculif′erous Oculig′erous bearing an eye or eyes; Oc′uliform ocular in form; Oc′ulimōtor -y ocular and motory.—n. Oc′ulist one skilled in diseases of the eye.
Editor: Xenia
Examples
- Nathaniel Pipkin had ocular demonstration of the fact, that the rumours of old Lobbs's treasures were not exaggerated. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Convinced by ocular demonstration, he was a lmost overcome with emotion. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Oh the varieties of dust for ocular use, offered in exchange for the gold dust of the Golden Dustman! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Its movements have been felt trembling along the far-reaching line of our analysis with a certainty hardly inferior to ocular demonstration. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Two or three months before this he had ocular proof of the effect of a hailstorm, which in a very limited area killed twenty deer, fifteen ostriches, numbers of ducks, hawks, and partridges. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Seeing our troops moving south was ocular proof that a part of her information was incorrect, and she asked me if my news from Sherman was true. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Checked by Calvin